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Molecular Biology and Evolution 19:1624-1627 (2002)
© 2002 Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution

Molecular Divergence in the period Gene Between Two Putative Sympatric Species of the Lutzomyia longipalpis Complex

L. G. S. R. Bauzer*, J. S. M. Gesto*, N. A. Souza{dagger}, R. D. Ward{ddagger}, J. G. C. Hamilton{ddagger}, C. P. Kyriacou§ and Alexandre A. Peixoto*

*Departamento de Bioquímica e Biologia Molecular, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil;
{dagger}Departamento de Entomologia, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil;
{ddagger}The Centre for Applied Entomology and Parasitology, School of Life Sciences, Keele University, Keele, UK;
§Department of Genetics, University of Leicester, Leicester, UK

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There is mounting evidence that the sandfly Lutzomyia longipalpis (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae) (Lutz and Neiva 1912), the main vector of the visceral leishmaniasis in Latin America, is a complex of sibling species (Lanzaro et al. 1993Citation ; Dujardin et al. 1997Citation ; Lampo et al. 1999Citation ; Uribe 1999Citation ; Arrivillaga and Feliciangeli 2001Citation ; Soto et al. 2001Citation ). But, the evidence for Brazilian populations is still contradictory. Crossing experiments, pheromonal (Ward et al. 1983Citation , 1988Citation ; Hamilton et al. 1999aCitation , 1999bCitation ), copulation songs (Souza et al. 2002Citation ) and molecular analyses (Bauzer et al. 2002Citation ) all support the idea of a species complex and seem to confirm the data obtained for other populations of this species. But work with isoenzyme loci suggests that although it is a highly polymorphic and geographically variable species, L. longipalpis should not be considered a species complex . . . [Full Text of this Article]


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