Patterns of Selection in Anti-Malarial Immune Genes in Malaria Vectors: Evidence for Adaptive Evolution in LRIM1 in Anopheles arabiensis
Slotman MA, Parmakelis A, Marshall JC, Awono-Ambene PH, Antonio-Nkondjo C, Simard F, Caccone A, Powell JR. Patterns of Selection in Anti-Malarial Immune Genes in Malaria Vectors: Evidence for Adaptive Evolution in LRIM1 in Anopheles arabiensis. PLOS ONE 2007, 2: e793. PMID: 17726523, PMCID: PMC1945087, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0000793.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAnimalsAnophelesEvolution, MolecularFemaleGenetic VariationInsect ProteinsInsect VectorsPlasmodium falciparumSelection, GeneticConceptsAdaptive evolutionPrimary malaria vectorMalaria vectorsPatterns of selectionNon-vector speciesAnopheles gambiae complexMcDonald-KreitmanReplacement substitutionsPositive selectionGenetic variationMalaria vector AnLRIM1Immune genesSelection showGambiae complexGenesAdjacent codonsProtein differentiationLevel of resistanceAdaptive responsePlasmodium speciesCEC1Vector AnMaximum likelihood testSpecies