The "Wingbeat Hypothesis" of Reproductive Isolation Between Members of the Anopheles gambiae Complex (Diptera: Culicidae) Does Not Fly
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Recent advances have demonstrated that, in the absence of postmating barriers to hybridization, reproductive isolation between different forms of Anopheles gambiae sensu stricto is maintained by strong assortative mating. The forms of An. gambiae s.s. and the sister species An. arabiensis commonly form mixed swarms in which they mate. This raises the question as to how individuals recognize mates of their own species or form within swarms. It has been proposed that wingbeat frequency is used as a cue to discriminate potential mates. This has important implications for prospective genetic control programs. We used a photosensor to record the transient waveforms generated by individuals An. arabiensis and from the M and S molecular forms of An. gambiae s.s. as they flew through a beam of light. We found no significant between-species or between-form differences in the fundamental harmonic--equivalent to wingbeat frequency--either in males or females collected from sympatric populations in Mali, West Africa. However, there were significant differences in the amplitude of the first and third harmonics in females and of the first and second harmonics in males. Whereas these results suggest some morphological or behavioral differences between species and forms, the extensive overlap in the distributions of harmonic amplitudes does not point to them as reliable cues for assortative mating. Combining all waveforms parameters into a discriminant analysis did not yield characteristic s…
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The overlap in flight tone of males and females between An. gambiae and An. arabiensis and between the molecular forms was substantial, precluding flight tone as the signal preventing cross mating.
“The overlap in flight tone of males and females between these species and forms was substantial, precluding it as the signal preventing cross mating.”
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- Authors
- Tripet, F., Dolo, G., Traoré, S., & Lanzaro, G. C.
- Affiliations
- University of California, Davis (US)
- Venue
- Journal of Medical Entomology
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press (OUP)
- Published
- 2004-05-01
- Volume
- 41
- Issue
- 3
- Pages
- 375-384
- ISSN
- 0022-2585 (ISSN-L)
- 1938-2928
- OpenAlex
- W2178346788
- Cited by
- 44
- References
- 39
- Citations by year
- 2025: 2 · 2024: 1 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 5 · 2020: 3 · 2019: 2 · 2017: 3 · 2016: 2 · 2015: 3 · 2014: 2 · 2013: 3
- FWCI
- 1.72
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Medical Entomology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- BioOne Complete (BioOne) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- National Institutes of Health
- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (AI-40306)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health › Malaria Research and Control
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics › Diptera species taxonomy and behavior
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics › Animal Behavior and Reproduction
- Keywords
- Anopheles gambiae s.l., Anopheles arabiensis, Anopheles gambiae sensu stricto, wingbeat frequency, premating isolation, assortative mating, hybridization, species recognition, harmonic amplitude, M and S molecular forms, mosquito swarms
- MeSH terms
- Analysis of Variance, Animals, Anopheles, Crosses, Genetic, Environment, Female, Humans, Male, Mali, Models, Biological, Reproduction, Reproducibility of Results
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