The Anopheles Culicifacies Species Complex in Relation to Malaria Transmission in Sri Lanka

Surendran, S.N.

dc.contributor.author	Surendran, S.N.
dc.date.accessioned	2022-07-05T03:39:24Z
dc.date.available	2022-07-05T03:39:24Z
dc.date.issued	2005
dc.identifier.uri	http://archive.cmb.ac.lk:8080/xmlui/handle/70130/6835
dc.description.abstract	Anopheles culicifacies Giles sensu lato (Diptera: Culicidae) is the predominant vector of malaria in Sri Lanka. Until recently, only sibling species B was reported to be present in Sri Lanka. The conundrum was that species B was reportedly a poor vector of malaria in India. The present study resolves this issue by demonstrating for the first time that what was described as species B in Sri Lanka is really a mixture of two species, viz. B and E, that are also apparently present in Rameshwaram Island, India. Species B and E share the same polytene chromosome configuration. However they differ in that the mitotic Y-chromosome is acrocentric in species B and submetacentric in species E. ...	en_US
dc.language.iso	en	en_US
dc.publisher	Faculty of Science, University of Colombo	en_US
dc.title	The Anopheles Culicifacies Species Complex in Relation to Malaria Transmission in Sri Lanka	en_US
dc.type	Thesis	en_US