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SUBMITTER: Subramanian RA
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2614661 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Oct
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Subramanian Ramanand A RA Akala Olabiyi O OO Adejinmi Johnson O JO O'Brochta David A DA
Gene 20080626 1
IS630/Tc1/mariner elements are diverse and widespread within insects. The African malaria mosquito, Anopheles gambiae, contains over 30 families of IS630/Tc1/mariner elements although few have been studied in any detail. To examine the history of Topi elements in An. gambiae populations, Topi elements (n=73) were sampled from five distinct populations of An. gambiae from eastern and western Africa and evaluated with respect to copy number, nucleotide diversity and insertion site-occupancy freque ...[more]