Phenotypic variability associated to genomic changes in the main vector of Chagas disease in the southern cone of South America

Acta Tropica

Volumn 106, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 60-67

  Hernández, Laura ^a   Abrahan, Luciana ^a   Moreno, Mariana ^a   Gorla, David ^a   Catalá, Silvia ^a  

^a Centro Regional de Investigaciones Cientificas y Transferencia Tecnologia   (Argentina)

Author keywords

Antennal sensilla; Chagas disease; Morphometry; Quantitative traits; Triatoma infestan; Triatominae

Indexed keywords

CHAGAS DISEASE; DISEASE VECTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL GRADIENT; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENOMICS; MORPHOMETRY; PHENOTYPE; SEXUAL DIMORPHISM;

ANTENNA; ARTICLE; CHAGAS DISEASE; CHEMORECEPTOR; CYTOTYPE; DISEASE CARRIER; FEMALE; GENOME; MALE; MECHANORECEPTOR; MORPHOLOGY; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; PHENOTYPE; SENSILLA; SEX DIFFERENCE; SOUTH AMERICA; TRIATOMA INFESTANS; UNIVARIATE ANALYSIS;

ALTITUDE; ANIMALS; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DISEASE VECTORS; FEMALE; GEOGRAPHY; MALE; PHENOTYPE; SOUTH AMERICA; TRIATOMA;

SOUTH AMERICA;

TRIATOMA; TRIATOMA INFESTANS; TRIATOMINAE;

EID: 40849120273     PISSN: 0001706X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.actatropica.2008.01.006     Document Type: Article

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