Article
Crossing Experiments Detect Genetic Incompatibility among Populations of Triatoma brasiliensis Neiva, 1911 (Heteroptera, Reduviidae, Triatominae)
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COSTA, Jane et al. Crossing Experiments Detect Genetic Incompatibility among Populations of Triatoma brasiliensis Neiva, 1911 (Heteroptera, Reduviidae, Triatominae); Memórias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, Rio de Janeiro, v. 98, n. 5, p. 637-639, July 2003.
0074-0276
10.1590/S0074-02762003000500009
1678-8060
Autor
Costa, Jane
Almeida, Carlos Eduardo
Dujardim, Jean Pìerre
Beard, Charles Benjamin
Resumen
Triatoma brasiliensis is composed of at least four geographic populations (brasiliensis, melanica, macromelasoma,
and juazeiro) that have distinct chromatic, morphologic, biologic and ecologic patterns, and genetic composition.
Reciprocal crosses between all pairwise combinations were carried out in order to evaluate the genetic and reproductive compatibility of these four populations. The F1 individuals developed normally and the resulting adults
were crossed again to test the F2 and F3 viability. Genetic incompatibility was found between melanica and
brasiliensis populations.