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Segregation of phenotypic characteristics in hybrids of Triatoma brasiliensis species complex (Hemiptera, Reduviidae, Triatominae).
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Jul 2021
Pinotti Heloisa, Alevi Kaio Cesar Chaboli, de Oliveira Jader, Ravazi Amanda, Madeira Fernanda Fernandez, Dos Reis Yago Visinho, de Oliveira Ana Beatriz Bortolozo, de Azeredo-Oliveira Maria Tercília Vilela, da Rosa João Aristeu
Abstract excerpt
There are currently 156 species, grouped into 18 genera and five tribes included in the subfamily Triatominae. All of them are potential vectors of Chagas disease. Triatoma is paraphyletic and the species of this genus have been grouped into complexes and subcomplexes. Triatoma brasiliensis complex is a monophyletic group composed of eight taxa: T. b. brasiliensis, T. b. macromelanosoma, T. juazeirensis, T....
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