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Adaptation through chromosomal inversions in Anopheles
Ayala, Diego
Ullastres, Ana
González Pérez, Josefa
European Commission
Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (España)
Chromosomal inversions have been repeatedly involved in local adaptation in a large number of animals and plants. The ecological and behavioral plasticity of Anopheles species—human malaria vectors—is mirrored by high amounts of polymorphic inversions. The adaptive significance of chromosomal inversions has been consistently attested by strong and significant correlations between their frequencies and a number of phenotypic traits. Here, we provide an extensive literature review of the different adaptive traits associated with chromosomal inversions in the genus Anopheles. Traits having important consequences for the success of present and future vector control measures, such as insecticide resistance and behavioral changes, are discussed.
Anna Ullastres is an FPI fellow (BES-2012-052999) and Josefa González is a Ramón y Cajal fellow (RYC-2010-07306). This work was supported with startup funds from IRD-MIVEGEC awarded to Diego Ayala, and with grants from the European Commission (Marie Curie CIG PCIG-GA-2011-293860) and the Spanish Government (Fundamental Research Projects Grant BFU-2011-24397) awarded to Josefa González.
Peer reviewed
2014-07-16T09:20:01Z
2014-07-16T09:20:01Z
2014-05-21
artículo
http://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501
Frontiers in genetics 5:129 (2014)
1664-8021
http://hdl.handle.net/10261/99970
10.3389/fgene.2014.00129
1664-8021
http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000780
http://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100003329
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fgene.2014.00129
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