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Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg., 77(2), 2007, pp. 310-315
Copyright © 2007 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

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Analysis of the Population Genetic Structure of the Malaria Vector Anopheles sinensis in South Korea Based on Mitochondrial Sequences

Jongwoo Jung, Yunjung Jung, Gi-Sik Min, AND Won Kim*
School of Biological Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea; School of Biological Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea; Department of Biological Sciences, Inha University, Incheon, Republic of Korea; School of Biological Sciences, Seoul National University, Seoul, Republic of Korea

The population genetics of Anopheles sinensis, a major malaria vector in South Korea, was studied based on the nucleotide sequences of a 238-bp variable region of the mitochondrial control region. Three features of genetic variance were observed. First, the Taebaek and Sobaek mountain ranges may function as genetic barriers between the Northern Group (NG) and the Southern Group (SG). These mountain ranges are associated with the subdivision of the population, and significant and unique population differentiation was observed in the examined area. Second, the genetic cohesiveness observed within each group may have been caused by a recent expansion in the population rather than recurrent gene flow. Third, a marked dissimilarity in the genetic diversity between the two groups may also have resulted from several factors that caused a difference in the effective population sizes.

Received April 10, 2006. Accepted for publication April 18, 2007.

Acknowledgments: The authors thank Dr. Yong-Jin Won (Ewha Womans University) and anonymous reviewers for valuable comments on this manuscript.

Financial support: This work was supported by Korea Research Foundation Grant KRF-2002-070-C00080 and the Korea Science and Engineering Foundation (R21-2005-000-10013-0).

* Address correspondence to Won Kim, School of Biological Sciences, Seoul National University, San 56-1 Shillim-dong, Gwanak-gu, Seoul 151-747, Republic of Korea. E-mail: wonkim{at}plaza.snu.ac.kr

Authors’ addresses: Jongwoo Jung, Yunjung Jung, and Won Kim, School of Biological Sciences, Seoul National University, San 56-1 Shillim-dong, Gwanak-gu, Seoul 151-747, Republic of Korea. Gi-Sik Min, Department of Biological Sciences, Inha University, 253 Yonghyun-dong, Nam-gu, Incheon 402-751, Republic of Korea.

Reprint requests: Won Kim, School of Biological Sciences, Seoul National University, San 56-1 Shillim-dong, Gwanak-gu, Seoul 151-747, Republic of Korea. E-mail: wonkim{at}plaza.snu.ac.kr.






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