Molecular analysis of an odorant-binding protein gene in two sympatric species of Lutzomyia longipalpis s.l.

Lutzomyia longipalpis s.l. is the main vector of American visceral leishmaniasis (AVL) and occurs as a species complex. DNA samples from two Brazilian sympatric species that differ in pheromone and courtship song production were used to analyse molecular polymorphisms in an odorant-binding protein (...

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Main Authors: Ana Karina Kerche Dias, Luiz Guilherme Soares da Rocha Bauzer, Denise Borges dos Santos Dias, Alexandre Afranio Peixoto
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Ministério da Saúde 2013-01-01
Series:Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz.
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0074-02762013000900088&lng=en&tlng=en