Genetic studies of Psammolestes tertius (hemiptera: reduviidae: triatominae) using male genital morphology, morphometry, isoenzymes, and random amplified polymorphic DNA.
RP Soares;
SE Barbosa;
EC Borges;
TA Melo Júnior;
AJ Romanha;
JP Dujardin;
CJ Schofield;
L Diotaiuti;
(2001)
Genetic studies of Psammolestes tertius (hemiptera: reduviidae: triatominae) using male genital morphology, morphometry, isoenzymes, and random amplified polymorphic DNA.
Biochemical genetics, 39 (1-2).
pp. 1-13.
ISSN 0006-2928
DOI: 10.1023/a:1002737601435
Two Brazilian populations of Psammolestes tertius (Ceará and Minas Gerais) collected from thornbird nests (Furnariidae) were compared by male genital morphology, morphometry, isoenzymes, and random amplified polymorphic DNA (RAPD). Male genitalia showed no difference between the populations. In contrast, morphometry, isoenzyme, and RAPD clearly distinguished the two populations. Possible mechanisms of dispersal and the origin of Psammolestes are discussed.
| Item Type | Article |
|---|---|
| Keywords | Psammolestes tertius, isoenzymes, random amplified polymorphic, DNA, morphometry, male genital morphology, Rhodnius-prolixus, chagas-disease, variability, vectors, differentiation, populations, infestans, america, bolivia, brazil, Animal, Body Weights and Measures, methods, Comparative Study, DNA, Protozoan, analysis, Female, Genitalia, Male, anatomy & histology, Hymenoptera, Isoenzymes, metabolism, Male, Oxidoreductases, metabolism, Random Amplified Polymorphic DNA Technique, Rhodnius, Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Triatominae, enzymology, genetics, Variation (Genetics), Wasps |
| ISI | 169480300001 |