Figure 7.

Analysis of the parasite genotypes in mosquito infections. Genomic DNA extracted from a wild-type 3D7-infected mosquito and from two mosquitoes infected with clone C8 was analysed by nested PCR; primer positions are indicated in Fig. 3A. The inner PCR product is shown. Lanes 1, 3 & 5 are diagnostic for the wild-type locus (primers 1 + 2, followed by 5 + 6). Lanes 2, 4 & 6 are diagnostic for the 3' boundary of plasmid integration (primers 3 + 2, followed by 7 + 6). The 3D7 infected mosquito used here serves as a control for PCR amplification of the wild-type locus from a midgut, but came from a separate experiment and hence did not provide a control for infection prevalence or intensity. Upper panel: shorter exposure; lower panel: longer exposure to reveal the wild-type band in lane 1 and its absence in the C8 samples. M = co-migrating markers.