Population Genetics and Phylogeography of Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) from Brazil

doi:10.4269/ajtmh.2008.78.895

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Population Genetics and Phylogeography of Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) from Brazil

1 Jun 2008

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Population genetic analyses were conducted using samples of Aedes aegypti from 14 localities in the north, southeast, northeast, and central regions of Brazil. An 852-bp region of the mitochondrial DNA cytochrome oxidase I (COI) gene was used in the analyses. Ten haplotypes were observed, and cluster analyses revealed 2 groups (lineages) separated by 8 fixed mutations, suggesting that the Brazilian Ae. aegypti...

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