Article
Phylogenetics of the phlebotomine sand fly group Verrucarum (Diptera: Psychodidae: Lutzomyia).
The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene - 1 Jun 2011
Cohnstaedt Lee W, Beati Lorenza, Caceres Abraham G, Ferro Cristina, Munstermann Leonard E
Abstract excerpt
Within the sand fly genus Lutzomyia, the Verrucarum species group contains several of the principal vectors of American cutaneous leishmaniasis and human bartonellosis in the Andean region of South America. The group encompasses 40 species for which the taxonomic status, phylogenetic relationships, and role of each species in disease transmission remain unresolved. Mitochondrial cytochrome c oxidase I (COI)...
Topics
- Animals
- Base Sequence
- Electron Transport Complex IV
- Genes, Insect
- Genes, Mitochondrial
- Genetic Linkage
- Genetic Variation
- Mitochondrial Proteins
- Multigene Family
- Phylogeny
- Psychodidae
- Sequence Alignment
- Sequence Analysis, DNA
- South America