Genetic Heterozygosity in Natural Populations of the Tree-Hole Mosquito Aedes triseriatus

Author: MATTHEWS TERRY C.   CRAIG GEORGE B.  

Publisher: Entomological Society of America

ISSN: 1938-2901

Source: Annals of the Entomological Society of America, Vol.73, Iss.6, 1980-11, pp. : 739-743

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Abstract

Electrophoretic analysis of 18 enzyme loci in local populations of the tree-hole mosquito Aedes triseriatus (Say) from northwestern Indiana and southwestern Michigan revealed that genetic variability in these populations was quite extensive. The average heterozygosity (H) was 21.5%, and the proportion of polymorphic loci based on Criteria I and II was 0.720 and 0.495, respectively. The average genetic identity (I) was 0.994. Comparisons between oak and beech populations showed no tendency toward differentiation between oak and beech ecotypes.