… This study analyzed microsatellite distribution in the holocentric chromosomes of Triatominae,
Chagas disease vectors. Using a non-denaturing FISH technique, 16 microsatellites were …

… cruzi, causative agent of Chagas disease. A distinctive cytogenetic characteristic of this …
stable chromosome numbers. Unexpectedly, the analyses of the chromosomal location of …

… infesfans, the main vector of Chagas disease in South … These three species present the
same diploid chromosome … of Trypanosoma cruzi, the causative agent of Chagas disease. …

… related to number and chromosomal position of the ribosomal genes, never before reported
in species with holocentric chromosomes. Considering the chromosomal groups previously …

… with holocentric chromosomes is … of Chagas disease, which affects around 6 to 7 million
people worldwide. This group exhibits extensive variability in the number and chromosomal …

… American trypanosomiasis or Chagas disease is well recognized as the most serious
human parasitic disease of the Americas in terms of its social and economic impact (1). This …

… Holocentric chromosomes have been traditionally identified by two cytological
characteristics. First, they lack a primary constriction or localized centromere, distinctive of …

… , potential insect vectors of Chagas disease. Currently, there are … a potential vector of Chagas
disease. We karyotyped male T. … because they have holocentric chromosomes, which have …

… Other non-hemipteran insects with holocentric chromosomes as the lepidopteran Bombyx
mori has in its genome a 43.6% of highly repetitive sequences, also mainly composed by TEs […

… Changes in chromosome number have already been related to reproductive isolation in
organisms with holocentric chromosomes, such as plants [69] and, more recently, Lepidoptera […