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Lutzomyia longipalpis s.l. in Brazil and the impact of the Sao Francisco River in the speciation of this sand fly vector

Lutzomyia longipalpis s.l. (Diptera: Psychodidae) is the principal vector of Leishmania infantum chagasi in the Americas, and constitutes a complex of species. Various studies have suggested an incipient speciation process based on behavioral isolation driven by the chemotype of male sexual pheromon...

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Autores principales: Coutinho-Abreu, Iliano V, Sonoda, Ivan V, Fonseca, Jose A, Melo, Marcia A, Balbino, Valdir Q, Ramalho-Ortigão, Marcelo
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2474595/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18549496
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1756-3305-1-16