Isoenzyme electrophoresis of Rhodnius species: a phenetic approach to relationships within the genus

Authors
Chavez, T Moreno, J Dujardin, JP
Citation
T. Chavez et al., Isoenzyme electrophoresis of Rhodnius species: a phenetic approach to relationships within the genus, ANN TROP M, 93(3), 1999, pp. 299-307
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Envirnomentale Medicine & Public Health","Medical Research General Topics
Journal title
ANNALS OF TROPICAL MEDICINE AND PARASITOLOGY
ISSN journal
00034983 → ACNP
Volume
93
Issue
3
Year of publication
1999
Pages
299 - 307
Database
ISI
SICI code
0003-4983(199904)93:3<299:IEORSA>2.0.ZU;2-8
Abstract
Seventeen samples of Rhodnius, representing at least eight different specie s according to their morphological characteristics, were submitted to multi locus isoenzyme electrophoresis, revealing 17 different loci. A phenetic an alysis of the enzyme data not only clustered the species in accordance with their geographical origin but also revealed interspecific relationships th at differed from those expected from the morphology.