A Biochemical Key to Adult Members of the Anopheles Gambiae Group of Species (Diptera: Culicidae)1
- 23 March 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Medical Entomology
- Vol. 15 (3), 297-299
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jmedent/15.3.297
Abstract
A biochemical key to single adult males or females of the 6 known members of the Anopheles gambiae group of species is constructed using genotypes at 4 enzyme protein structural loci: Alpha-naphthyl acetate esterase-l, glutamate-oxaloacetate tranmminase, octanol dehydrogenase and supaoxide dismutase. Species C, D, An. melas and An. merus can be identified unambiguuusly: the probability uf correctly identifying species A or species B from West Africa is 0.93 and from East Africa 0.998. The advantages and limitations of the key are discussed.This publication has 3 references indexed in Scilit:
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