Article
The taxonomic status of genetically divergent populations of Lutzomyia longipalpis (Diptera: Psychodidae) based on the distribution of mitochondrial and isozyme variation.
Journal of medical entomology - 1 Sept 2003
Arrivillaga Jazzmin, Mutebi John-Paul, Piñango Hermes, Norris Douglas, Alexander Bruce, Feliciangeli M Dora, Lanzaro Gregory C
Abstract excerpt
The sand fly, Lutzomyia longipalpis (Lutz & Neiva) reputedly is a complex of cryptic species; however, there is currently no consensus as to the number of species in the complex or their geographic distributions. We conducted phylogenetic analyses of 31 populations from throughout the species range, using seven isozyme loci and genes in the mitochondrial genome. Analyses of these two independent sets of markers...
Topics
- Animals
- DNA Primers
- DNA, Mitochondrial
- Genetic Variation
- Genetics, Population
- Isoenzymes
- Mitochondria
- Phylogeny
- Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Polymorphism, Single-Stranded Conformational
- Psychodidae
- Sequence Alignment