Campos, Melina [UNESP]Spenassatto, Carine [UNESP]da Graca Macoris, Maria de LourdesPaduan, Karina dos Santos [UNESP]Pinto, JoaoMartins Ribolla, Paulo Eduardo [UNESP]2014-05-202014-05-202012-11-01Ecology and Evolution. Hoboken: Wiley-blackwell, v. 2, n. 11, p. 2794-2802, 2012.2045-7758http://hdl.handle.net/11449/18772Population genetic studies of insect vectors can generate knowledge to improve epidemiological studies focused on the decrease of pathogen transmission. In this study, we used nine SNPs across the Aedes aegypti genome to characterize seasonal population variations of this important dengue vector. Mosquito samples were obtained by ovitraps placed over Botucatu SP from 2005 to 2010. Our data show that, regardless of the large variation in mosquito abundance (deduced from the number of eggs obtained from ovitraps), the effective population size remained stable over the years. These results suggest that Ae. aegypti is able to maintain a sufficiently large active breeding population during the dry season to keep genetic frequencies stable. These results open new perspectives on mosquito survey and control methods.2794-2802engAedes aegyptipopulation geneticsSNPsdengueArtigo10.1002/ece3.392WOS:000312452400014Acesso abertoWOS000312452400014.pdf3577149748456880