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Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg., 57(6), 1997, pp. 732-739
Copyright © 1997 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

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Genetic Variability and Geographic Differentiation among Three Species of Triatomine Bugs (Hemiptera-Reduviidae)

Francisco Panzera, Sonia Hornos, Jorge Pereira, Rosario Cestau, Delmi Canale, Lileia Diotaiuti, Jean Pierre Dujardin AND Ruben Perez
Seccion Genetica Evolutiva, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad de la Republica, Montevideo, Uruguay; Catedra de Genetica, Facultad de Agronomia, Montevideo, Uruguay; Departamento de Genetica, Facultad de Medicina, Montevideo, Uruguay; Centro de Referencia de Vectores, Servicio Nacional de Chagas, Cordoba, Argentina; Centro de Pesquisas Renee Rachou, FIOCRUZ, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil; Instituto Boliviano de Biologia de Altura, La Paz, Bolivia

Three species of triatomine bugs, Triatoma sordida, T. guasayana, and T. patagonica, were examined by cytogenetic (C-banded karyotypes and male meiotic process) and isoenzymatic studies. These three species, with different importance as Chagas' disease vectors, were found to be closely related according to their known ethologic, ecologic, and morphologic traits. Although they have the same diploid chromosome number (2n = 22 constituted by 20 autosomes and an XYmale/XXfemale sex mechanism), each species has a distinct chromosomal behavior during male meiosis and a specific amount and localization of C-heterochromatic blocks. Moreover, these chromosome characteristics allowed us to differentiate two T. sordida populations. Isoenzymatic data confirmed the taxonomic status of the three species and together with our cytogenetic results questioned the species homogeneity of T. sordida.






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