[Mutagenic occurrence in teleoginae of Rhipicephalus sanguineus from intradomiciliary environment at Rio de Janeiro city].
From material collected by into a residence house at Rio de Janeiro city, using an aspirator machine during four continues hours in all house, it was captured 1,284 Rhipicephalus sanguineus including 289 females; one of them showed a mutagenic alteration like an asymmetry of opistosome, and monstrosity like a two anus. The first register of this phenomenon in R. sanguineus is reported.
Serra-Freire
Nicolau Maués
NM
Laboratório de Ixodides, Referência Nacional em Taxonomia de Vetores das Riquétsias, Instituto Oswaldo Cruz - FIOCRUZ, Av. Brasil, 4365, Manguinhos, CEP 21040-360 Rio de Janeiro - RJ, Brasil. nmsf@ioc.fiocruz.br
Borsoi
Ana Beatriz Pais
AB
D000818:Animals; D001938:Brazil; D005260:Female; D009154:Mutation; D012111:Residence Characteristics; D048508:Rhipicephalus sanguineus / Q000235:genetics*; D014504:Urban Health