Publications by authors named "A V Moskaev"
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- Detailed study of phylogeography is crucial for managing mosquito species that spread diseases like malaria, particularly focusing on the two related species, Anopheles messeae and An. daciae.
- The research used ribosomal DNA analysis and karyotyping across 28 Eurasian locations to uncover genetic diversity and population structure, highlighting significant differences in their chromosomes and indicating limited gene flow between the species.
- Findings suggest that An. messeae has a more complex genetic makeup than An. daciae, with implications for understanding malaria transmission risk in various regions, particularly in northern Europe.
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- The study focuses on the phylogenetic relationships of malaria-carrying mosquitoes in the Maculipennis Group, examining how their traits and evolutionary history affect disease transmission.
- Phylogenomic analysis of 13 mosquito species revealed that the Palearctic species An. beklemishevi clusters with Eurasian species and showed closer ties to An. freeborni from North America than to An. quadrimaculatus.
- Migration patterns suggest that these mosquitoes moved from North America to Eurasia around 20-25 million years ago, with significant genetic exchanges occurring between isolated species, impacting their traits and adaptations.
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- * A study analyzed the genetic differences between two closely related species, focusing on specific nucleotide substitutions and inversion frequencies in 289 larvae from the Moscow region.
- * Results showed significant genomic divergence, especially on the inversion-rich X chromosome, indicating that inversions contribute to the limited reproductive isolation between these two species.
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- Anopheles beklemishevi is a malaria mosquito with the northernmost distribution, and while a cytogenetic map for its larval stages exists, a standard map for adults hadn't been developed until this study.
- Using high-resolution imaging and DNA probes, the researchers created a detailed photomap of the mosquito's polytene chromosomes from ovarian nurse cells.
- The study revealed inversion polymorphisms across geographically diverse populations, indicating genetic adaptations relevant to the species’ survival and evolution.
Five Malaria mosquito species anopheles atroparvus, An.claviger, An.hyrcanus, An.
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