FINDING NEEDLES IN THE HAYSTACK: SINGLE COPY MICROSATELLITE LOCI FOR AEDES JAPONICUS (DIPTERA: CULICIDAE)

ANDREA K. WIDDEL Molecular Ecology, PCER, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Department of Entomology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey; Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Slingerlands, New York

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LINDA J. MCCUISTON Molecular Ecology, PCER, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Department of Entomology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey; Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Slingerlands, New York

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WAYNE J. CRANS Molecular Ecology, PCER, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Department of Entomology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey; Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Slingerlands, New York

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LAURA D. KRAMER Molecular Ecology, PCER, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Department of Entomology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey; Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Slingerlands, New York

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DINA M. FONSECA Molecular Ecology, PCER, Academy of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania; Department of Entomology, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey; Wadsworth Center, New York State Department of Health, Slingerlands, New York

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First identified in three North American states in 1998, Aedes japonicus japonicus, the Asian bush mosquito, has since spread to 21 states, plus Ontario in Canada, northern France, and Belgium. Analyses of the introduction and expansion of this potentially deadly disease vector will be radically improved by including powerful genetic markers like microsatellites. Useful microsatellite loci have, however, been difficult to identify for mosquitoes in the genus Aedes because of the high amount of repetitive DNA in these species. We isolated single-copy DNA from Ae. j. japonicus and then used a standard enrichment method to identify regions containing microsatellites. Here we describe seven polymorphic microsatellite loci that were tested in American populations of Ae. j. japonicus. These loci were also found to be polymorphic in two other of the four Ae. japonicus subspecies and in Aedes koreicus.

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Reprint requests: Dina M. Fonseca, Academy of Natural Sciences, 1900 Ben Franklin Parkway, Philadelphia, PA 19103, Telephone: 215-299-1177, Fax: 215-299-1182, E-mail: fonseca@acnatsci.org.
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