2007
Estructura genética en cinco especies de flebótomos (Lutzomyia spp.) de la serie townsendi, grupo verrucarum, en Colombia (Diptera: Prychodidae)
Hernández C, Ruiz-García M, Munstermann L, Ferro C. Estructura genética en cinco especies de flebótomos (Lutzomyia spp.) de la serie townsendi, grupo verrucarum, en Colombia (Diptera: Prychodidae). Revista De Biología Tropical 2007, 56: 1717-39. PMID: 19419077, DOI: 10.15517/rbt.v56i4.5755.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHomozygous excessClear genetic differentiationRelated species pairsSpeciation eventsGenetic differentiationSpecies pairsDivergent speciesWahlund effectHeterozygosity levelsGeographic distanceNull allelesSpatial autocorrelation analysisHardy-Weinberg equilibriumFive speciesSpecies samplesSpeciesGenetic heterogeneityLutzomyia speciesYoungiIsoenzyme patternsAutocorrelation analysisTownsendiUPGMAIsoenzymesLoci
2001
Distribution of Phlebotomine Sand Fly Genotypes (Lutzomyia shannoni, Diptera: Psychodidae) Across a Highly Heterogeneous Landscape
Mukhopadhyay J, Ghosh K, Ferro C, Munstermann L. Distribution of Phlebotomine Sand Fly Genotypes (Lutzomyia shannoni, Diptera: Psychodidae) Across a Highly Heterogeneous Landscape. Journal Of Medical Entomology 2001, 38: 260-267. PMID: 11296833, DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585-38.2.260.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGenetic variabilitySubstantial genetic variabilityClose genetic similarityEnzyme lociForest habitatsAllozyme frequenciesMean heterozygosityLutzomyia shannoni DyarGenetic similarityField populationsLaboratory coloniesHeterogeneous landscapesNorthern ArgentinaLociNorth-central ColombiaAmazon River basinSoutheastern United StatesEastern United StatesCentral ColombiaL. shannoniSand fliesHabitatsHeterozygosityFliesDyar
1999
Interspecific hybridization and genetic variability of Phlebotomus sandflies
Ghosh K, Mukhopadhyay J, Guzman H, Tesh R, Munstermann L. Interspecific hybridization and genetic variability of Phlebotomus sandflies. Medical And Veterinary Entomology 1999, 13: 78-88. PMID: 10194753, DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2915.1999.00140.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDiagnostic enzyme lociEnzyme lociDiagnostic lociGenetic variabilityEst-3Low genetic variabilityIsozyme patternsSingle-pair crossesInterspecific hybridizationP. duboscqiGenetic distanceP. papatasiMdh-2P. bergerotiPolymorphic lociBackcross progenyDistant strainsProgeny numberIDH-1Pair crossesLociSuccessful hybridizationPhlebotomus sandfliesSandfly vectorSpecies
1986
Enzyme Variation in Some Mosquito Species Related to Aedes (Ochlerotatus) Stimulans (Diptera: Culicidae)1
Eldridge B, Munstermann L, Craig G. Enzyme Variation in Some Mosquito Species Related to Aedes (Ochlerotatus) Stimulans (Diptera: Culicidae)1. Journal Of Medical Entomology 1986, 23: 423-428. PMID: 3735350, DOI: 10.1093/jmedent/23.4.423.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsConventional morphological charactersEnzyme lociEnzyme variationRelated speciesMorphological charactersSingle locusAedes stimulansPolyacrylamide gel electrophoresisEnzyme phenotypesMosquito speciesIsozyme patternsSpeciesLociGene frequenciesMosquito populationsGel electrophoresisAllelic frequenciesBasis of differencesSubgenus OchlerotatusDipteraCluster analysisCorrect identificationAePhenotypeOchlerotatusCytogenetic and isozyme profile of Sabethes cyaneus
Munstermann L, Marchi A. Cytogenetic and isozyme profile of Sabethes cyaneus. Journal Of Heredity 1986, 77: 241-248. PMID: 2876025, DOI: 10.1093/oxfordjournals.jhered.a110229.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPolytene chromosomesSabethes cyaneusBanding patternsLarval salivary glandsClear banding patternHomomorphic chromosomesEnzyme lociAverage heterozygosityShort chromosomesDistribution rangeNucleolar organizersHomologous regionsChromosomesDifferential expressionIsozyme profilesDevelopmental stagesBiochemical studiesLociCulicine mosquitoesCyaneusForest canopyRecurrent associationCytogenetic studiesCanopyMosquitoes
1984
Electrophoretic differences in the isoenzymes of two mosquito gregarines, Ascogregarina barretti and A. geniculati.
Rowton E, Munstermann L. Electrophoretic differences in the isoenzymes of two mosquito gregarines, Ascogregarina barretti and A. geniculati. Journal Of Parasitology 1984, 70: 63-7. PMID: 6429310, DOI: 10.2307/3281926.Peer-Reviewed Original Research