Ke Z, Benedict M Q, Cornel A J, Besansky N J, Collins F H
Division of Parasitic Diseases, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Chamblee, GA 30341, USA.
Genetica. 1997;101(2):87-96. doi: 10.1023/a:1018376525897.
We have cloned and characterized the white gene of Anopheles albimanus. Comparison of the deduced amino acid sequence of this white gene with its homologs from six species of Diptera show that the An. albimanus gene is most similar to the white gene of An. gambiae (92% identity). A spontaneous white-eyed mutant An. albimanus was caused by an approximately 10 kb insertion into a CT dinucleotide repeat region of intron 2 of the white locus. The flanks of this insertion are long (at least 400 bp), nearly perfect inverted terminal repeat sequences. This cloned white gene should be useful as a marker for germ line transformation of An. albimanus.
