Genetic structure of local populations of Lutzomyia longipalpis (Diptera: Psychodidae) in central Colombia.

doi:10.1093/jmedent/35.1.82

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Genetic structure of local populations of Lutzomyia longipalpis (Diptera: Psychodidae) in central Colombia.

Journal of medical entomology - 1 Jan 1998

Munstermann L E, Morrison A C, Ferro C, Pardo R, Torres M

Abstract excerpt

Lutzomyia longipalpis (Lutz & Neiva), the sand fly vector of American visceral leishmaniasis in the New World tropics, has a broad but discontinuous geographical distribution from southern Mexico to Argentina. A baseline for population genetic structure and genetic variability for this species wa...

Topics

Alleles
Animals
Colombia
Polymorphism, Genetic
Population
Psychodidae

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