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Identification of a large hybrid zone between sympatric sibling species of Triatoma dimidiata in the Yucatan peninsula, Mexico, and its epidemiological importance.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Dec 2009
Herrera-Aguilar Melba, Be-Barragán Leobardo A, Ramirez-Sierra Maria Jesus, Tripet Frédéric, Dorn Patricia, Dumonteil Eric
Abstract excerpt
Triatoma dimidiata is one of the major Chagas disease vectors, with an extensive diversity in its morphology, habitat, and level of domiciliation. Molecular studies based on the internal transcribed spacer 2 (ITS-2) have subdivided this species into four potential taxonomic groups. Using both ITS-2 and cytochrome B markers, we confirmed the sibling species status of ITS-2 Group 3 and detected an apparent sympatry...
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