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Open AccessMolecular polymorphism, differentiation and introgression in the period gene between Lutzomyia intermedia and Lutzomyia whitmani
Lutzomyia intermedia and Lutzomyia whitmani (Diptera: Psychodidae) are important and very closely related vector species of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Brazil, which are distinguishable by a few morphological diff...
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Open AccessMultilocus analysis of introgression between two sand fly vectors of leishmaniasis
The phlebotomine sand flies (Diptera:Psychodidae) Lutzomyia (Nyssomyia) intermedia Lutz & Neiva 1912 and Lutzomyia (Nyssomyia) whitmani Antunes & Coutinho 1932 are two very closely related species and important v...
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Open AccessEstimation of divergence time between two sibling species of the Anopheles (Kerteszia) cruziicomplex using a multilocus approach
Anopheles cruzii is the primary human Plasmodium vector in southern and southeastern Brazil. The distribution of this mosquito follows the coast of the Brazilian Atlantic Forest. Previous studies indicated that A...
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Open AccessMHC genoty** of non-model organisms using next-generation sequencing: a new methodology to deal with artefacts and allelic dropout
The Major Histocompatibility Complex (MHC) is the most important genetic marker to study patterns of adaptive genetic variation determining pathogen resistance and associated life history decisions. It is used...
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Open AccessWhole genome sequencing and methylome analysis of the wild guinea pig
DNA methylation is a heritable mechanism that acts in response to environmental changes, lifestyle and diseases by influencing gene expression in eukaryotes. Epigenetic studies of wild organisms are mandatory ...
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Open AccessEndogenous murine leukemia retroviral variation across wild European and inbred strains of house mouse
Endogenous murine leukemia retroviruses (MLVs) are high copy number proviral elements difficult to comprehensively characterize using standard low throughput sequencing approaches. However, high throughput app...
