Early Cretaceous trypanosomatids associated with fossil sand fly larvae in Burmese amber.
Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz
; 102(5): 635-7, 2007 08.
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| ID: mdl-17710310
Early Cretaceous flagellates with characters typical of trypanosomatids were found in the gut of sand fly larvae, as well as in surrounding debris, in Burmese amber. This discovery supports a hypothesis in which free-living trypanosomatids could have been acquired by sand fly larvae in their feeding environment and then carried transtadially into the adult stage. At some point in time, specific genera were introduced into vertebrates, thus establishing a dixenous life cycle.
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Assunto principal:
Psychodidae
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Trypanosomatina
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Âmbar
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Fósseis
Tipo de estudo:
Risk_factors_studies
Limite:
Animals
País/Região como assunto:
Asia
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Mem Inst Oswaldo Cruz
Ano de publicação:
2007
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
Estados Unidos
País de publicação:
Brasil