2013
HUMAN IMPACTS HAVE SHAPED HISTORICAL AND RECENT EVOLUTION IN AEDES AEGYPTI, THE DENGUE AND YELLOW FEVER MOSQUITO
Brown JE, Evans BR, Zheng W, Obas V, Barrera‐Martinez L, Egizi A, Zhao H, Caccone A, Powell JR. HUMAN IMPACTS HAVE SHAPED HISTORICAL AND RECENT EVOLUTION IN AEDES AEGYPTI, THE DENGUE AND YELLOW FEVER MOSQUITO. Evolution 2013, 68: 514-525. PMID: 24111703, PMCID: PMC3946797, DOI: 10.1111/evo.12281.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsYellow fever mosquitoSingle nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) markersHuman trade routesPatterns of domesticationArthropod disease vectorsDomestic formsNuclear genesEcological overlapEvolutionary historyDomestic AePolymorphism markersNovel nichesDNA sequencesGenetic dataEvolutionary processesDisease vectorsGenetic studiesSuch speciesLater invasionDNA sequencingNew WorldSpeciesAnthropogenic impactsHuman impactAnthropogenic forces
2012
Limited Usefulness of Microsatellite Markers from the Malaria Vector Anophelesgambiae When Applied to the Closely Related Species Anopheles melas
Deitz K, Reddy V, Reddy M, Satyanarayanah N, Lindsey M, Overgaard H, Jawara M, Caccone A, Slotman M. Limited Usefulness of Microsatellite Markers from the Malaria Vector Anophelesgambiae When Applied to the Closely Related Species Anopheles melas. Journal Of Heredity 2012, 103: 585-593. PMID: 22593601, DOI: 10.1093/jhered/ess025.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2008
Polymorphic microsatellite markers for the tsetse fly Glossina fuscipes fuscipes (Diptera: Glossinidae), a vector of human African trypanosomiasis
BROWN J, KOMATSU K, ABILA P, ROBINSON A, OKEDI L, DYER N, DONNELLY M, SLOTMAN M, CACCONE A. Polymorphic microsatellite markers for the tsetse fly Glossina fuscipes fuscipes (Diptera: Glossinidae), a vector of human African trypanosomiasis. Molecular Ecology Resources 2008, 8: 1506-1508. PMID: 21586090, DOI: 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2008.02328.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMicrosatellite lociImportant human disease vectorPopulation genetic studiesHuman disease vectorsAvailable microsatellite lociPolymorphic microsatellite markersLow heterozygosityHeterozygosity levelsMicrosatellite markersDisease vectorsGenetic markersGenetic studiesLociMajor vectorTsetse speciesFuscipesSpecies
2006
Polymorphic microsatellite markers for studies of Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae), the vector of dengue and yellow fever
SLOTMAN M, KELLY N, HARRINGTON L, KITTHAWEE S, JONES J, SCOTT T, CACCONE A, POWELL J. Polymorphic microsatellite markers for studies of Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae), the vector of dengue and yellow fever. Molecular Ecology Resources 2006, 7: 168-171. DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-8286.2006.01533.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMicrosatellite lociA. aegypti genomePopulation genetic studiesPolymorphic microsatellite lociField-collected specimensPolymorphic microsatellite markersAedes aegyptiAegypti genomePopulation structureGenetic variationVariable markersImportant speciesMicrosatellite markersGenetic studiesLaboratory coloniesLociVector of dengueAllelesAegyptiGenomeMarkersGeneticsSpeciesDengue vectorsYellow fever