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Phenetic studies on randomly amplified polymorphic DNA-polymerase chain reaction-variability of four geographical populations of Lutzomyia whitmani (Diptera: Psychodidae) in Brazil.
Revista da Sociedade Brasileira de Medicina Tropical - 1 Jan 2000
de Souza Carina Margonari, Fortes-Dias Consuelo Latorre, Linardi Pedro Marcos, Dias Edelberto Santos
Abstract excerpt
Previous evaluation of the genetic variability of four biogeographical populations of Lutzomyia whitmani from known foci of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Brazil demonstrated two main spatial clusters: Corte de Pedra-BA, Ilhéus-BA and Serra de Baturité-CE in the first cluster, and Martinho Campos-MG in the second. Further analysis showed a high degree of homogeneity in Corte de Pedra population but not in the others,...
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