Fernando Braga Stehling Dias1, Nicolás Jaramillo-O2, Liléia Diotaiuti1. 1. Laboratório de Triatomíneos e Epidemiologia da Doença de Chagas, Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou, Fundação Oswaldo Cruz, Belo Horizonte, MG, BRAZIL. 2. Universidad de Antioquia, Sede de Investigaciones Universitarias, Medellin, Colombia.
Abstract
INTRODUCTION: For the first time we provide the description of the melanic (dark) morphotype of Rhodnius nasutus and determine the pattern of genetic inheritance for this characteristic. METHODS: Dark morph R. nasutus specimens were crossbred with standard (typically patterned) R. nasutus. RESULTS: We present the first occurrence of the melanic morphotype in the genus Rhodnius. The crossbreeding results demonstrate that the inheritance pattern of this characteristic follows Mendel's simple laws of segregation and an independent assortment of alleles. CONCLUSIONS: Phenotypic variation of R. nasutus reinforces the heterogeneity found in the Triatominae. Descriptions of new species in this subfamily require rigorous validation criteria.
INTRODUCTION: For the first time we provide the description of the melanic (dark) morphotype of Rhodnius nasutus and determine the pattern of genetic inheritance for this characteristic. METHODS: Dark morph R. nasutus specimens were crossbred with standard (typically patterned) R. nasutus. RESULTS: We present the first occurrence of the melanic morphotype in the genus Rhodnius. The crossbreeding results demonstrate that the inheritance pattern of this characteristic follows Mendel's simple laws of segregation and an independent assortment of alleles. CONCLUSIONS: Phenotypic variation of R. nasutus reinforces the heterogeneity found in the Triatominae. Descriptions of new species in this subfamily require rigorous validation criteria.
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