Remarkable diversity of intron-1 of the para voltage-gated sodium channel gene in an Anopheles gambiae/Anopheles coluzzii hybrid zone.

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Published in Malar J on January 21, 2015

Authors

Federica Santolamazza, Beniamino Caputo, Davis C Nwakanma, Caterina Fanello, Vincenzo Petrarca, David J Conway, David Weetman, Joao Pinto, Emiliano Mancini1, Alessandra della Torre

Author Affiliations

1: Dipartimento di Sanità Pubblica e Malattie Infettive, Istituto Pasteur-Fondazione Cenci-Bolognetti, Università "Sapienza", Piazzale Aldo Moro 5, Rome, 00185, Italy. emiliano.mancini@uniroma1.it.

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