Journal
PARASITES & VECTORS
Volume 14, Issue 1, Pages -Publisher
BMC
DOI: 10.1186/s13071-021-04998-7
Keywords
Malaria vector; Anopheles minimus lineages A and B; Population genetic structure; Mitochondrial protein-coding genes; Thailand
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Funding
- National Institutes of Health, USA [U19AI089672, D43TW006571]
- Development and Promotion of Science and Technology Talents Project (Royal Government of Thailand scholarship), Thailand
- Faculty of Tropical Medicine, Mahidol University, Thailand
- Armed Forces Health Surveillance Branch, Global Emerging Infections Surveillance and Response System (AFHSB-GEIS), Silver Spring, Maryland, USA [P0108_19_AF_06.01]
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The study revealed that the population of An. minimus in Thailand is genetically divided into two lineages, with lineage A showing similar genetic structure between past and present populations, indicating high adaptability. There was substantial gene flow between eastern and western An. minimus populations.
Background: The malaria vector Anopheles minimus has been influenced by external stresses affecting the survival rate and vectorial capacity of the population. Since An. minimus habitats have continuously undergone ecological changes, this study aimed to determine the population genetic structure and the potential gene flow among the An. minimus populations in Thailand. Methods: Anopheles minimus was collected from five malaria transmission areas in Thailand using Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) light traps. Seventy-nine females from those populations were used as representative samples. The partial mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI), cytochrome c oxidase subunit II (COII) and cytochrome b (Cytb) gene sequences were amplified and analyzed to identify species and determine the current population genetic structure. For the past population, we determined the population genetic structure from the 60 deposited COII sequences in GenBank of An. minimus collected from Thailand 20 years ago. Results: The current populations of An. minimus were genetically divided into two lineages, A and B. Lineage A has high haplotype diversity under gene flow similar to the population in the past. Neutrality tests suggested population expansion of An. minimus, with the detection of abundant rare mutations in all populations, which tend to arise from negative selection. Conclusions: This study revealed that the population genetic structure of An. minimus lineage A was similar between the past and present populations, indicating high adaptability of the species. There was substantial gene flow between the eastern and western An. minimus populations without detection of significant gene flow barriers.
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