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Molecular comparison of Quebec and Newfoundland populations of the blackfly, Simulium vittatum, species complex.
Medical and veterinary entomology - 1 Jun 2010
Gaudreau C, LaRue B, Charpentier G
Abstract excerpt
Specific haplotypes at five positions in the COI and COII mitochondrial genes allowed a partial differentiation of Simulium vittatum Zetterstedt (Diptera: Simuliidae) populations from Quebec-Ontario and Newfoundland, respectively. This geographical signature was superimposed on about 40 other polymorphic sites such that sequence divergence alone did not enable a clear-cut distinction between the two populations....
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