Microsatellite markers in Triatoma pseudomaculata (Hemiptera, Reduviidae, Triatominae), Chagas' disease vector in Brazil.
Six polymorphic microsatellite loci were isolated and characterized using a microsatellite-enriched genomic library from the Chagas' disease vector Triatoma pseudomaculata. This species is found in Brasil in Caatinga areas and predominantly in peridomestic habitats. All the microsatellites tested on a population of T. pseudomaculata sampled in the Bahia State, Brazil, were polymorphic (2-15 alleles). Markers amplification was also tested on six Triatoma species and some loci successfully amplified in the most phylogenetically related species, in particular Triatoma brasiliensis.
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UMR 137, UFR de Sciences, Université Paris 12, Av du général De Gaulle, 94 000 Créteil, France. harry@univ-paris12.fr
Dupont
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Romana
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Demanche
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Mercier
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Livet
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A
Diotaiuti
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Noireau
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Emperaire
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D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil; D014355:Chagas Disease / Q000469:parasitology*; D014644:Genetic Variation; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000235:genetics*; D018895:Microsatellite Repeats / Q000235:genetics*; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D014224:Triatoma / Q000235:genetics*