Variabilidade genética e variação das regiões heterocromáticas em linhagens de Triatoma infestans (Heteroptera : Reduviidae)

• Ano de defesa: 2014
• Autor(a) principal: Mendonça, Priscila Pasqüetto [UNESP]
• Tipo de documento: Tese
• Tipo de acesso: Acesso aberto
• Idioma: por
• Instituição de defesa: Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)
• Palavras-chave em Português: Citogenética animal; Triatoma; Reduviidae; Heterocromatina; Linhagem (Genética)
• Link de acesso: http://hdl.handle.net/11449/110551

Chagas disease is an endemic illness of great relevance in South America. Within the triatomines, Triatoma infestans is one of the most important vectors of Trypanosoma cruzi, the causative protozoan of this disease. Its incidence is controlled, but new cases of reinfestation still occur, and they indicate the difficulties of vector control for this species due to its biological and genetic characteristics. Thus, it is important to understand the genetic variability of this species of insect. In this study, we present a review of the literature in order to gather and organize the data available on genetic variability of T. infestans. This review made it possible for us to elect the most appropriate genes and highlight the rates of intra-population and inter-population variability. The variation in the heterochromatic regions was also studied using classical and molecular cytogenetics. The application of the conventional C-banding technique combined with the use of fluorochromes in nine strains, as well as the application of the fluorescent in situ hybridization technique (FISH) with specific probes for regions of DNA satellite in eight strains, all together revealed the existence of noteworthy variation in the amount and distribution of these regions. The results confirmed the existence of two groups with remarkable genomic differences, which are distinguished mainly by the loss of genetic material in non-Andean lineages. The intraspecific variability observed through cytogenetic analysis revealed the extraordinary genomic dynamics that occurred during the dispersion of T. infestans