The Anopheles Culicifacies Species Complex in Relation to Malaria Transmission in Sri Lanka
| 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.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.identifier.uri | http://archive.cmb.ac.lk/handle/70130/6835 | |
| 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 |