Ribosomal DNA ITS-1 intergenic spacer polymorphism in triatomines (Triatominae, Heteroptera)

Biochemical Genetics

Volumn 43, Issue 7-8, 2005, Pages 365-373

  Tartarotti, Ester ^a   Ceron, Carlos Roberto ^a  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

Author keywords

ITS 1 (intergenic spacer); rDNA; Triatominae; Triatomines

Indexed keywords

DNA FRAGMENT; ENDONUCLEASE; RIBOSOME DNA; SPACER DNA;

ARTHROPOD; ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; DNA POLYMORPHISM; EVOLUTION; GENE AMPLIFICATION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC POLYMORPHISM; HETEROPTERA; HYPOTHESIS; MONOPHYLY; NONHUMAN; PANSTRONGYLUS; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PUBLIC HEALTH; RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH POLYMORPHISM; RHODNIUS; SPECIES COMPARISON; SPECIES DIFFERENTIATION; TRIATOMA;

ANIMALS; BASE SEQUENCE; DNA, INTERGENIC; DNA, RIBOSOMAL; EVOLUTION, MOLECULAR; MALE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NUCLEIC ACID AMPLIFICATION TECHNIQUES; PHYLOGENY; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; POLYMORPHISM, GENETIC; POLYMORPHISM, RESTRICTION FRAGMENT LENGTH; RESTRICTION MAPPING; SEQUENCE ANALYSIS, DNA; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TRIATOMINAE; VARIATION (GENETICS);

HETEROPTERA; HEXAPODA; PANSTRONGYLUS; PANSTRONGYLUS HERRERI; PANSTRONGYLUS MEGISTUS; RHODNIUS; RHODNIUS DOMESTICUS; RHODNIUS NEIVAI; RHODNIUS ROBUSTUS; TRIATOMA; TRIATOMA BRASILIENSIS; TRIATOMA INFESTANS; TRIATOMA VITTICEPS; TRIATOMINAE;

EID: 26044480133     PISSN: 00062928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10528-005-6776-0     Document Type: Article

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