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Insect Mol Biol

Title:		The period gene and genetic differentiation between three Brazilian populations of Lutzomyia longipalpis
Author(s):		Bauzer LG; Souza NA; Ward RD; Kyriacou CP; Peixoto AA;
Address:		"Departamento de Bioquimica e Biologia Molecular, Departamento de Entomologia, Fundacao Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. apeixoto@ioc.fiocruz.br"
Journal Title:		Insect Mol Biol
Year:		2002
Volume:		11
Issue:		4
Page Number:		315 - 323
DOI:		10.1046/j.1365-2583.2002.00340.x
ISSN/ISBN:		0962-1075 (Print) 0962-1075 (Linking)
Abstract:		"Lutzomyia longipalpis (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae), the main vector of visceral leishmaniasis in the Americas, is a putative species complex. Molecular polymorphism was characterized in a 266 bp fragment of L. longipalpis homologous to period, a 'speciation gene' from Drosophila. Samples from the Brazilian localities of Jacobina (BA), Lapinha (MG) and Natal (RN) were analysed and the data indicate that the three populations are highly differentiated, with a very low level of gene flow between them. These results are in agreement with published pheromone and copulation song studies that suggest the existence of a sibling species complex in Brazil"
Keywords:		Amino Acid Sequence Animals Base Sequence Brazil DNA/chemistry/genetics Drosophila Proteins Female Genetic Variation/genetics Male Molecular Sequence Data Nuclear Proteins/chemistry/*genetics Period Circadian Proteins Phylogeny Polymerase Chain Reaction P;
Notes:		"MedlineBauzer, L G S R Souza, N A Ward, R D Kyriacou, C P Peixoto, A A eng Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't England 2002/07/30 Insect Mol Biol. 2002 Aug; 11(4):315-23. doi: 10.1046/j.1365-2583.2002.00340.x"