Trends in taxonomy of Chagas disease vectors (Hemiptera, Reduviidae, Triatominae): from Linnaean to integrative taxonomy

KCC Alevi, J de Oliveira, D da Silva Rocha, C Galvão - Pathogens, 2021 - mdpi.com
Chagas disease is a neglected tropical disease caused by the protozoan Trypanosoma
cruzi and transmitted mainly by members of the subfamily Triatominae. There are currently …

Chromosome structure and evolution of Triatominae: A review

F Panzera, S Pita, P Lorite - Triatominae-The Biology of Chagas Disease …, 2021 - Springer
The subfamily Triatominae, vectors of Chagas disease, represents one of the most
cytogenetically studied subfamilies within the true bugs. To date, the chromosome numbers …

Satellitome Analysis of Rhodnius prolixus, One of the Main Chagas Disease Vector Species

EE Montiel, F Panzera, T Palomeque, P Lorite… - International Journal of …, 2021 - mdpi.com
The triatomine Rhodnius prolixus is the main vector of Chagas disease in countries such as
Colombia and Venezuela, and the first kissing bug whose genome has been sequenced …

Phylogenomics for Chagas Disease Vectors of the Rhodnius Genus (Hemiptera, Triatominae): What We Learn From Mito-Nuclear Conflicts and Recommendations

J Filée, M Merle, H Bastide, F Mougel… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
We provide in this study a very large DNA dataset on Rhodnius species including 36
samples representing 16 valid species of the three Rhodnius groups, pictipes, prolixus and …

Making the Genome Huge: The Case of Triatoma delpontei, a Triatominae Species with More than 50% of Its Genome Full of Satellite DNA

P Mora, S Pita, EE Montiel, JM Rico-Porras… - Genes, 2023 - mdpi.com
The genome of Triatoma delpontei Romaña & Abalos 1947 is the largest within Heteroptera,
approximately two to three times greater than other evaluated Heteroptera genomes. Here …

Comparative analysis of transposable elements in strawberry genomes of different ploidy levels

K Lyu, J Xiao, S Lyu, R Liu - International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2023 - mdpi.com
Transposable elements (TEs) make up a large portion of plant genomes and play a vital role
in genome structure, function, and evolution. Cultivated strawberry (Fragaria x ananassa) is …

Historical biogeography and the evolution of hematophagy in Rhodniini (Heteroptera: Reduviidae: Triatominae)

AS De Paula, C Barreto, MCM Telmo… - Frontiers in Ecology …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
The Rhodniini tribe is one of the five tribes in the subfamily Triatominae and is notorious for
its domestic blood-sucking pests and vectors of Trypanosoma cruzi across Latin America …

Taxonomy, evolution, and biogeography of the Rhodniini tribe (Hemiptera: Reduviidae)

C Hernández, J Aristeu da Rosa, GA Vallejo, F Guhl… - Diversity, 2020 - mdpi.com
The Triatominae subfamily includes 151 extant and three fossil species. Several species can
transmit the protozoan parasite Trypanosoma cruzi, the causative agent of Chagas disease …

[HTML][HTML] Biology of Chagas disease vectors: biological cycle and emergence rates of Rhodnius marabaensis Souza et al., 2016 (Hemiptera, Reduviidae, Triatominae) …

N Olaia, KCC Alevi, J de Oliveira, GL Cacini… - Parasitology …, 2021 - Springer
Abstract In Latin America, Chagas disease has been mostly transmitted to humans by
contact with the feces or urine of triatomine species infected with the protozoan …

Assembly-free detection and quantification of transposable elements with dnaPipeTE

C Goubert - Transposable Elements: Methods and Protocols, 2022 - Springer
The detection and quantification of transposable elements (TE) are notoriously challenging
despite their relevance in evolutionary genomics and molecular ecology. The main hurdle is …