Identification of a large hybrid zone between sympatric sibling species of Triatoma dimidiata in the Yucatan peninsula, Mexico, and its epidemiological importance. 2009

Melba Herrera-Aguilar, and Leobardo A Be-Barragán, and Maria Jesus Ramirez-Sierra, and Frédéric Tripet, and Patricia Dorn, and Eric Dumonteil
Laboratorio de Parasitología, Centro de Investigaciones Regionales Dr Hideyo Noguchi, Universidad Autónoma de Yucatán, Mérida, Yucatan, Mexico.

Triatoma dimidiata is one of the major Chagas disease vectors, with an extensive diversity in its morphology, habitat, and level of domiciliation. Molecular studies based on the internal transcribed spacer 2 (ITS-2) have subdivided this species into four potential taxonomic groups. Using both ITS-2 and cytochrome B markers, we confirmed the sibling species status of ITS-2 Group 3 and detected an apparent sympatry of ITS-2 Groups 2 and 3 in the Yucatan peninsula, Mexico. Here we examine the geographic distribution of T. dimidiata ITS-2 genotypes in the region and compare their egg production and Trypanosoma cruzi infection rates, as indicators of biological differences between groups. PCR genotyping of large natural populations showed an extensive sympatry of Groups 2 and 3 in most of the peninsula, often within the same house. We also detected a large proportion of individuals displaying ITS-2 sequences from both Groups 2 and 3, suggesting hybridization. Analysis of ITS-2 genotype frequencies indicated a strong departure from Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium in female hybrids, but not in males, due to a large heterozygote deficit. These results suggest random mating between ITS-2 Groups 2 and 3 combined with reduced viability and/or survival in female hybrids. This and other factors may allow for the maintenance of distinct ITS-2 Groups 2 and 3 populations despite high hybrid frequencies. Importantly, T. cruzi infection was much higher in hybrids compared to ITS-2 Groups 2 and 3 individuals, but all three genotypes appeared to seasonally infest houses in a similar manner in the region. These findings warrant further studies on T. dimidiata taxonomy and its epidemiologic implications.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007303 Insect Vectors Insects that transmit infective organisms from one host to another or from an inanimate reservoir to an animate host. Insect Vector,Vector, Insect,Vectors, Insect
D008297 Male Males
D008800 Mexico A country in NORTH AMERICA, bordering the Caribbean Sea and the Gulf of Mexico, between BELIZE and the UNITED STATES, and bordering the North Pacific Ocean, between Guatemala and the UNITED STATES.
D008969 Molecular Sequence Data Descriptions of specific amino acid, carbohydrate, or nucleotide sequences which have appeared in the published literature and/or are deposited in and maintained by databanks such as GENBANK, European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), National Biomedical Research Foundation (NBRF), or other sequence repositories. Sequence Data, Molecular,Molecular Sequencing Data,Data, Molecular Sequence,Data, Molecular Sequencing,Sequencing Data, Molecular
D005260 Female Females
D005843 Geography The science dealing with the earth and its life, especially the description of land, sea, and air and the distribution of plant and animal life, including humanity and human industries with reference to the mutual relations of these elements. (From Webster, 3d ed) Factor, Geographic,Factors, Geographic,Geographic Factor,Geographic Factors,Geography, Human,Human Geography
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D006824 Hybridization, Genetic The genetic process of crossbreeding between genetically dissimilar parents to produce a hybrid. Crossbreeding,Hybridization, Intraspecies,Crossbreedings,Genetic Hybridization,Genetic Hybridizations,Hybridizations, Genetic,Hybridizations, Intraspecies,Intraspecies Hybridization,Intraspecies Hybridizations
D000818 Animals Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA. Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D013045 Species Specificity The restriction of a characteristic behavior, anatomical structure or physical system, such as immune response; metabolic response, or gene or gene variant to the members of one species. It refers to that property which differentiates one species from another but it is also used for phylogenetic levels higher or lower than the species. Species Specificities,Specificities, Species,Specificity, Species

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