@article{fdi:010036678,
  title = {{C}hromosomal evidence of incipient speciation in the {A}frotropical malaria mosquito {A}nopheles funestus},
  author = {{G}uelbeogo, {W}.{M}. and {G}rushko, {O}. and {B}occolini, {D}. and {O}uedraogo, {P}.{A}. and {B}esansky, {N}.{J}. and {S}agnon, {N}.{F}. and {C}ostantini, {C}arlo},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{T}he analysis of chromosomal polymorphism of paracentric inversions in anopheline mosquitoes has often been instrumental to the discovery of sibling species complexes and intraspecific genetic heterogeneities associated with incipient speciation processes. {T}o investigate the population structure of {A}nopheles funestus {G}iles ({D}iptera: {C}ulicidae), one of the three most important vectors of human malaria in sub-{S}aharan {A}frica, a three-year survey of chromosomal polymorphism was carried out on 4638 karyotyped females collected indoors and outdoors from two villages of central {B}urkina {F}aso. {L}arge and temporally stable departures from {H}ardy-{W}einberg equilibrium due to significant deficits of heterokaryotypes were found irrespective of the place of capture, and of the spatial and temporal units chosen for the analysis. {S}ignificant linkage disequilibrium was observed among inversion systems on independently assorting chromosomal arms, indicating the existence of assortative mating phenomena. {R}esults were consistent with the existence of two chromosomal forms characterized by contrasting degrees of inversion polymorphism maintained by limitations to gene flow. {T}his hypothesis was supported by the reestablishment of {H}ardy-{W}einberg and linkage equilibria when individual specimens were assigned to each chromosomal form according to two different algorithms. {T}his pattern of chromosomal variability is suggestive of an incipient speciation process in {A}n. funestus populations from {B}urkina {F}aso.},
  keywords = {{A}nopheles funestus ; cytogenetics ; chromosomal inversion ; speciation ; {B}urkina {F}aso},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{M}edical and {V}eterinary {E}ntomology},
  volume = {19},
  numero = {4},
  pages = {458--469},
  ISSN = {0269-283{X}},
  year = {2005},
  DOI = {10.1111/j.1365-2915.2005.00595.x},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010036678},
}