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The period gene and genetic differentiation between three Brazilian populations of Lutzomyia longipalpis.
Insect molecular biology - 1 Aug 2002
Bauzer L G S R, Souza N A, Ward R D, Kyriacou C P, Peixoto A A
Abstract excerpt
Lutzomyia longipalpis (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae), the main vector of visceral leishmaniasis in the Americas, is a putative species complex. Molecular polymorphism was characterized in a 266 bp fragment of L. longipalpis homologous to period, a 'speciation gene' from Drosophila. Samples from the Brazilian localities of Jacobina (BA), Lapinha (MG) and Natal (RN) were analysed and the data indicate that...
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