Courtship song genes and speciation in sand flies

Autor:	SG Oliveira, M Bottecchia, LGSR Bauzer, NA Souza, RD Ward, CP Kyriacou, AA Peixoto
Jazyk:	angličtina
Rok vydání:	2001
Předmět:	Lutzomyia longipalpis cacophony period polymorphism Microbiology QR1-502 Infectious and parasitic diseases RC109-216
Zdroj:	Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Vol 96, Iss 3, Pp 403-405 (2001)
Druh dokumentu:	article
ISSN:	0074-0276 1678-8060
DOI:	10.1590/S0074-02762001000300022
Popis:	Lutzomyia longipalpis (Lutz & Neiva, 1912) (Diptera: Psychodidae: Phlebotominae) is a vector of visceral leishmaniasis in the Americas and it might represent a complex of sibling species. Reproductive isolation between closely related species often involves differences in courtship behaviour. cacophony (cac) and period (per) are two Drosophila genes that control features of the "lovesong" males produce during courtship that has been implicated in the sexual isolation between closely related species. We are using gene fragments from L. longipalpis' homologues of these two genes to study the speciation process in this putative species complex.
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