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Reconstrucción de la filogenia del subcomplejo Sordida (Hemiptera, Reduviidae, Triatominae) en el rango de
Gabriela Burgueño-Rodríguez1, Julieta Nattero2,3,4, Néstor Ríos1
1Universidad de la República, Facultad de Ciencias, Sección Genética Evolutiva, Montevideo, Uruguay.
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El análisis genético revela al menos seis especies dentro del complejo Triatoma sordida, desafiando las clasificaciones previas. Los métodos moleculares demuestran ser superiores a la morfología para la identificación precisa de especies en Triatominae.
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