Ankita Sindhania

Evaluation of intron-1 of odorant-binding protein-1 of Anopheles stephensi as a marker for the identification of biological forms or putative sibling species

The paper evaluates AsteObp1 intron-1 as a marker for identifying biological forms and sibling species in Anopheles stephensi but finds it unsuitable due to high polymorphism and lack of association with morphological forms.

First report of classical knockdown resistance (kdr) mutation, L1014F, in human head louse Pediculus humanus capitis (Phthiraptera: Anoplura)

The paper reports the first identification of the classical kdr mutation L1014F in human head lice from the Indian subcontinent.

Are members of the Anopheles fluviatilis complex conspecific?

The paper re-evaluates the classification of Anopheles fluviatilis complex members, finding fixed ITS2-rDNA differences between species S and T and refuting claims of heterozygosity due to primer mispriming.