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Nuclear rDNA pseudogenes in Chagas disease vectors: Evolutionary implications of a new 5.8S+ITS-2 paralogous sequence marker in triatomines of North,…

2013

A pseudogene, paralogous to rDNA 5.8S and ITS-2, is described in Meccus dimidiata dimidiata, M. d. capitata, M. d. maculippenis, M. d. hegneri, M. sp. aff. dimidiata, M. p. phyllosoma, M. p. longipennis, M. p. pallidipennis, M. p. picturata, M. p. mazzottii, Triatoma mexicana, Triatoma nitida and Triatoma sanguisuga, covering North America, Central America and northern South America. Such a nuclear rDNA pseudogene is very rare. In the 5.8S gene, criteria for pseudogene identification included length variability, lower GC content, mutations regarding the functional uniform sequence, and relatively high base substitutions in evolutionary conserved sites. At ITS-2 level, criteria were the shor…

Microbiology (medical)Triatoma sanguisugaPseudogeneMolecular Sequence DataGenes InsectDNA RibosomalMicrobiologyEvolution MolecularGeneticsAnimalsChagas DiseaseMolecular clockIndelMolecular BiologyPhylogenyEcology Evolution Behavior and SystematicsCell NucleusGeneticsConcerted evolutionBase SequencePhylogenetic treebiologybiology.organism_classificationInsect VectorsPhylogeographyInfectious DiseasesTaxonAmericasTriatominaePseudogenesGC-contentInfection, Genetics and Evolution
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