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1 December 2015 Mitochondrial Cytochrome Oxidase I Gene Sequence Analysis of Aedes Albopictus in Malaysia
Nurul-Ain Ismail, Nazri Che Dom, Rodziah Ismail, Abu Hassan Ahmad, Afiq Zaki, Siti Nazrina Camalxaman
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Abstract

A study was conducted to establish polymorphic variation of the mitochondrial DNA encoding the cytochrome oxidase subunit 1 (CO1) gene in Aedes albopictus isolated from 2 hot spot dengue-infested areas in the Subang Jaya District, Malaysia. A phylogenetic analysis was performed with the use of sequences obtained from USJ6 and Taman Subang Mas (TSM). Comparison of the local CO1 sequences with a laboratory strain (USM), alongside reference strains derived from the GenBank database revealed low genetic variation in terms of nucleotide differences and haplotype diversity. Four methods were used to construct a phylogenetic tree and illustrate the genetic relationship of the 37 Ae. albopictus populations based on the CO1 sequences, namely neighbor-joining (NJ), maximum parsimony (MP), maximum likelihood (ML), and Bayesian method, which revealed a distinct relationship between isolates from USJ6 and TSM. Our findings provide new information regarding the genetic diversity among morphologically similar Ae. albopictus, which has not been reported to date.

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Nurul-Ain Ismail, Nazri Che Dom, Rodziah Ismail, Abu Hassan Ahmad, Afiq Zaki, and Siti Nazrina Camalxaman "Mitochondrial Cytochrome Oxidase I Gene Sequence Analysis of Aedes Albopictus in Malaysia," Journal of the American Mosquito Control Association 31(4), 305-312, (1 December 2015). https://doi.org/10.2987/moco-31-04-305-312.1
Published: 1 December 2015
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KEYWORDS
Aedes albopictus
haplotype
mitochondrial DNA cytochrome oxidase 1
polymorphism
sequence variation
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