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An alcohol dehydrogenase in the mosquito Culex tritaeniorhynchus Giles (Dipt., Culicidae)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

Richard K. Sakai ,
M. Perwaiz Iqbal ,
Richard H. Baker  and
Muhammad K. Tahir
Richard K. Sakai
Affiliation:
Pakistan Medical Research Center, 6, Birdwood Road, Lahore, Pakistan and Institute of International Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, U.S.A.
M. Perwaiz Iqbal
Affiliation:
Pakistan Medical Research Center, 6, Birdwood Road, Lahore, Pakistan and Institute of International Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, U.S.A.
Richard H. Baker
Affiliation:
Pakistan Medical Research Center, 6, Birdwood Road, Lahore, Pakistan and Institute of International Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, U.S.A.
Muhammad K. Tahir
Affiliation:
Pakistan Medical Research Center, 6, Birdwood Road, Lahore, Pakistan and Institute of International Medicine, University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore, Maryland 21201, U.S.A.
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Abstract

A survey of alcohol dehydrogenase (Adh) in Culex tritaeniorhynchus Giles has uncovered five electrophoretic variants among laboratory strains. Detailed genetic analysis revealed that these variants are inherited as codominant alleles at a single locus. The Adh locus has been assigned to linkage group III between s and cl. A survey of a natural population from Lahore, Pakistan, revealed the presence of four of the five variants and suggests the possibility of using this enzyme polymorphism to monitor a release programme. Substrate specificity tests suggest that this enzyme can utilize almost any aliphatic primary alcohol as a substrate.

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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 63 , Issue 2 , December 1973 , pp. 257 - 262
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1973

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