Sand fly evolution and its relationship to Leishmania transmission.
The evolutionary relationships of sand flies and Leishmania are discussed in this report, which draws distinctions between co-association, co-evolution and co-speciation (or co-cladogenesis). Examples focus on Phlebotomus vectors of Le. infantum and Le. major in the Mediterranean subregion.
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Molecular Systematics Laboratory, Department of Entomology, The Natural History Museum, London, UK. P.Ready@nhm.ac.uk
D000818:Animals; D006790:Host-Parasite Interactions; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000235:genetics*; D007891:Leishmania / Q000502:physiology*; D010691:Phlebotomus / Q000502:physiology*