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HEREDITY
卷 90, 期 4, 页码 316-325出版社
NATURE PUBLISHING GROUP
DOI: 10.1038/sj.hdy.6800246
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Phlebotomus perniciosus; sandfly; microsatellites; population genetics; postglacial dispersal; Spain
Comparative sequencing of mitochondrial cytochrome b (Cyt b) and isoenzyme analyses have not resolved the population structure of the Iberian lineage of the sandfly Phlebotomus pemiciosus, the most widespread vector of Leishmania intantum (Protozoa, Trypanosomatidae) to humans and dogs in the western Mediterranean subregion. Allelic variation at trinucleotide microsatellite loci was investigated in 13 Spanish populations of P. perniciosus. Four out of five loci showed significant differentiation between (pairwise F-ST > 0.23), but not within (pairwise F-ST < 0.05), two regional groups of populations (southern and northeastern). All Cyt b sequences belonged to the Iberian lineage, which differs by six fixed nucleotide differences from the typical lineage found in northwest Africa, Malta and Italy. The northeastern group of Spanish populations had a reduced number of micro-satellite alleles (16 out of the 29 present in the southern populations), indicating its derivation as a peripheral isolate following the species' dispersal from a southern Ice Age refuge 8000-12000 years ago. Pairwise F-ST values did not increase with geographical distance between populations, over distances of 246-850 km (between regions) and 16-491 km (within regions). This suggests that the two regional groups of populations remain isolated, but that within each region there are no significant permanent barriers to gene flow between contiguous populations. These findings will help to predict the capacity of this sandfly to disperse, and originate new foci of leishmaniasis, in response to climate warming.
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