Infection of New- and Old-World Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) by the Intracellular Parasite Wolbachia: Implications for Host Mitochondrial DNA Evolution

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dc.contributor.authorArmbruster, Peter
dc.contributor.authorDamsky, William E.
dc.contributor.authorGiordano, Rosanna
dc.contributor.authorBirungi, Josephine
dc.contributor.authorMunstermann, Leonard E.
dc.contributor.authorConn, And Jan E.
dc.date.accessioned2018-08-06T11:23:24Z
dc.date.available2018-08-06T11:23:24Z
dc.date.issued2003
dc.descriptionThis study aimed to evaluate the Wolbachia are cytoplasmically inherited, endosymbiotic bacteria known to infect a wide variety of arthropods.en_US
dc.description.abstractWolbachia are cytoplasmically inherited, endosymbiotic bacteria known to infect a wide variety of arthropods. Polymerase chain reaction (PCR) ampliÞcation of the Wolbachia surface protein (wsp) gene was used to assay the infection of geographically disparate populations of Aedes albopictus (Skuse) by Wolbachia. Nine North American, four South American, one Hawaiian, and four Old World populations of A. albopictus were all doubly infected with both the wAlbA and wAlbB strains of Wolbachia.A365-bp region of thewAlbA wsp gene was sequenced from seven geographically disparate host populations, and all sequences were identical. Similarly, a 474-bp region of the wAlbB wsp gene was sequenced from the same populations, and all sequences were identical. These results suggest a role for Wolbachia infection in causing the previously established pattern of low mitochondrial DNA variability, but average nuclear gene diversity, within and among populations of A. albopictus.en_US
dc.identifier.citationArmbruster et al. Infection of New- and Old-World Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) by the Intracellular Parasite Wolbachia: Implications for Host Mitochondrial DNA Evolution. Journal of Medical Entomology Vol. 40, no. 3 (2003)en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11951/335
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherJournal of Medical Entomologyen_US
dc.subjectAedes albopictusen_US
dc.subjectWolbachia infectionsen_US
dc.subjectWsp geneen_US
dc.subjectMitochondrial DNAen_US
dc.titleInfection of New- and Old-World Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) by the Intracellular Parasite Wolbachia: Implications for Host Mitochondrial DNA Evolutionen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
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