Towards a Genetic Map for Anopheles albimanus: Identification of Microsatellite Markers and a Preliminary Linkage Map for Chromosome 2

R. Patricia Penilla Centro Regional de Investigación en Salud Pública/Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, Tapachula, Chiapas, México; Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom; Center for Health Studies, Universidad del Valle de Guatemala; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia; Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado

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Hilary Ranson Centro Regional de Investigación en Salud Pública/Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, Tapachula, Chiapas, México; Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom; Center for Health Studies, Universidad del Valle de Guatemala; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia; Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado

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Norma Padilla Centro Regional de Investigación en Salud Pública/Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, Tapachula, Chiapas, México; Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom; Center for Health Studies, Universidad del Valle de Guatemala; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia; Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado

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John C. Morgan Centro Regional de Investigación en Salud Pública/Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, Tapachula, Chiapas, México; Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom; Center for Health Studies, Universidad del Valle de Guatemala; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia; Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado

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Keith Steen Centro Regional de Investigación en Salud Pública/Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, Tapachula, Chiapas, México; Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom; Center for Health Studies, Universidad del Valle de Guatemala; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia; Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado

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Patricia Pignatelli Centro Regional de Investigación en Salud Pública/Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, Tapachula, Chiapas, México; Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom; Center for Health Studies, Universidad del Valle de Guatemala; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia; Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado

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Américo D. Rodríguez Centro Regional de Investigación en Salud Pública/Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, Tapachula, Chiapas, México; Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom; Center for Health Studies, Universidad del Valle de Guatemala; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia; Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado

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Janet Hemingway Centro Regional de Investigación en Salud Pública/Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, Tapachula, Chiapas, México; Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom; Center for Health Studies, Universidad del Valle de Guatemala; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia; Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado

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William G. Brogdon Centro Regional de Investigación en Salud Pública/Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, Tapachula, Chiapas, México; Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom; Center for Health Studies, Universidad del Valle de Guatemala; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia; Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado

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William C. Black IV Centro Regional de Investigación en Salud Pública/Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, Tapachula, Chiapas, México; Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom; Center for Health Studies, Universidad del Valle de Guatemala; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia; Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado

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Mark Q. Benedict Centro Regional de Investigación en Salud Pública/Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, Tapachula, Chiapas, México; Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Liverpool, United Kingdom; Center for Health Studies, Universidad del Valle de Guatemala; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Atlanta, Georgia; Department of Microbiology, Immunology and Pathology, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado

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Fifty microsatellite loci were identified in the malaria vector Anopheles albimanus. Markers segregating in F2 progeny of crosses between laboratory strains of An. albimanus were used to construct a preliminary genetic map. More than 300 progeny were genotyped, but the resolution of the map was limited by the lack of polymorphisms in the microsatellite alleles. A robust linkage map for chromosome 2 was established, and additional markers were assigned to the third and X chromosomes by linkage to morphological markers of known physical location. Additional non-informative microsatellite sequences are provided including some showing similarity to those of An. gambiae. This study significantly increases the number of genetic markers available for An. albimanus and provides useful tools for population genetics and genetic mapping studies in this important malaria vector.

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