@article{fdi:010057199,
  title = {{G}enetic isolation within the malaria mosquito {A}nopheles melas},
  author = {{D}eitz, {K}. {C}. and {A}threy, {G}. and {R}eddy, {M}. {R}. and {O}vergaard, {H}. {J}. and {M}atias, {A}. and {J}awara, {M}. and {D}ella {T}orre, {A}. and {P}etrarca, {V}. and {P}into, {J}. and {K}iszewski, {E}. {A}. and {K}engne, {P}ierre and {C}ostantini, {C}arlo and {C}accone, {A}. and {S}lotman, {M}. {A}.},
  editor = {},
  language = {{ENG}},
  abstract = {{A}nopheles melas is a brackish waterbreeding member of the {A}nopheles gambiae complex that is distributed along the coast of {W}est {A}frica and is a major malaria vector within its range. {B}ecause little is known about the population structure of this species, we analysed 15 microsatellite markers and 1161 bp of mt{DNA} in 11 {A}. melas populations collected throughout its range. {C}ompared with its sibling species {A}. gambiae, {A}. melas populations have a high level of genetic differentiation between them, representing its patchy distribution due to its fragmented larval habitat that is associated with mangroves and salt marsh grass. {P}opulations clustered into three distinct groups representing {W}estern {A}frica, {S}outhern {A}frica and {B}ioko {I}sland populations that appear to be mostly isolated. {F}ixed differences in the mt{DNA} are present between all three clusters, and a {B}ayesian clustering analysis of the microsatellite data found no evidence for migration from mainland to {B}ioko {I}sland populations, and little migration was evident between the {S}outhern to the {W}estern cluster. {S}urprisingly, mt{DNA} divergence between the three {A}. melas clusters is on par with levels of divergence between other species of the {A}. gambiae complex, and no support for monophyly was observed in a maximum-likelihood phylogenetic analysis. {F}inally, an approximate {B}ayesian analysis of microsatellite data indicates that {B}ioko {I}sland {A}. melas populations were connected to the mainland populations in the past, but became isolated, presumably when sea levels rose after the last glaciation period (=10 00011 000 bp). {T}his study has exposed species-level genetic divergence within {A}. melas and also has implications for control of this malaria vector.},
  keywords = {{A}nopheles gambiae ; {A}nopheles melas ; malaria ; microsatellites ; migration ; population structure},
  booktitle = {},
  journal = {{M}olecular {E}cology},
  volume = {21},
  numero = {18},
  pages = {4498--4513},
  ISSN = {0962-1083},
  year = {2012},
  DOI = {10.1111/j.1365-294{X}.2012.05724.x},
  URL = {https://www.documentation.ird.fr/hor/fdi:010057199},
}