@article{fdi:010020976, title = {{C}urrent distribution of a pyrethroid resistance gene (kdr) in {A}nopheles gambiae complex from {W}est {A}frica and further evidence for reproductive isolation of the {M}opti form}, author = {{C}handre, {F}abrice and {M}anguin, {S}ylvie and {B}rengues, {C}{\'e}cile and {D}ossou {Y}ovo, {J}. and {D}arriet, {F}r{\'e}d{\'e}ric and {D}iabate, {A}. and {C}arnevale, {P}ierre and {G}uillet, {P}ierre}, editor = {}, language = {{ENG}}, abstract = {{I}n the field, the kdr mutation, involved in pyrethroid resistance, has been found widely distributed in the {S}avanna form of #{A}nopheles gambiae$ s.s., but never in wild populations of the {M}opti form or #{A}n. arabiensis$, even in areas where both occur in sympatry with resistant {S}avanna populations. {U}nder laboratory conditions, {M}opti and {S}avanna forms were fully able to interbreed and the kdr mutation was sure in the field. {T}he absence of the kdr mutation in the {M}opti form and the total lack of {M}opti-{S}avanna heterozygotes in field populations provides further evidence of a pre-copulatory barrier to gene flow between these two forms. {M}olecular markers, including kdr, are powerful tools for studying population genetics and circulation of resistance genes, and should be used through an integrated approach for a better understanding of the speciation process. ({R}{\'e}sum{\'e} d'auteur)}, keywords = {{PALUDISME} ; {MOUSTIQUE} ; {STRUCTURE} {GENETIQUE} ; {MUTATION} ; {INSECTICIDE} ; {RESISTANCE} ; {GENOTYPE} ; {SPECIATION} ; {TECHNIQUE} {PCR} ; {ETUDE} {EXPERIMENTALE} ; {ETUDE} {COMPARATIVE} ; {GENE} {KDR} ; {PYRETHROIDE} ; {AFRIQUE} {DE} {L}'{OUEST} ; {COTE} {D}'{IVOIRE} ; {BURKINA} {FASO}}, booktitle = {{T}he malaria challenge : after one hundred years of malariology}, journal = {{P}arassitologia}, volume = {41}, numero = {1-3}, pages = {319--322}, ISSN = {0048-2951}, year = {1999}, URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010020976}, }