Anthropogenic Habitat Disturbance and Ecological Divergence between Incipient Species of the Malaria Mosquito Anopheles gambiae

2012197 citationsJournal Articlegold Open Access

Authors

Colince Kamdem · Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

Billy Tene‐Fossog · Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

Frédéric Simard · Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

Joachim Etouna

Cyrille Ndo · Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

Pierre Kengne · Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

Philippe Boussès · Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

Abstract

Our results indicate that when humans create novel habitats and ecological heterogeneities, they can provide evolutionary opportunities for rapid adaptive niche shifts associated with lineage divergence, whose consequences upon malaria transmission might be significant.

Topics & Keywords

Malaria Research and Control Mosquito-borne diseases and control Neurobiology and Insect Physiology Research

UN Sustainable Development Goals

Sustainable cities and communities

Publication Details

Published in: PLoS ONE

Volume 7, Issue 6, pp. e39453-e39453

DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0039453

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