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Mitochondrial cytochrome b variation in populations of the visceral leishmaniasis vector Lutzomyia longipalpis across eastern Brazil.
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene - 1 Oct 2003
Hodgkinson Virginia H, Birungi Josephine, Quintana Miguel, Dietze Reynaldo, Munstermann Leonard E, Deitze Reynaldo
Abstract excerpt
A population analysis of peridomestic, light-trapped, field specimens of the phlebotomine sand fly Lutzomyia longipalpis was targeted to six locations representing a geographic transect across eastern Brazil. Mitochondrial cytochrome b gene sequences established the pattern of genetic variation among the populations. Alignment of a 261-basepair region at the 3' end of cytochrome b identified 30 haplotypes and 21...
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