The transcriptome of Lutzomyia longipalpis (Diptera: Psychodidae) male reproductive organs.

ABSTRACT:

Background

It has been suggested that genes involved in the reproductive biology of insect disease vectors are potential targets for future alternative methods of control. Little is known about the molecular biology of reproduction in phlebotomine sand flies and there is no information available concerning genes that are expressed in male reproductive organs of Lutzomyia longipalpis, the main vector of American visceral leishmaniasis and a species complex.

Methods/principal findings

We generated 2678 high quality ESTs ("Expressed Sequence Tags") of L. longipalpis male reproductive organs that were grouped in 1391 non-redundant sequences (1136 singlets and 255 clusters). BLAST analysis revealed that only 57% of these sequences share similarity with a L. longipalpis female EST

SUBMITTER: Azevedo RV 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3320635 | biostudies-literature | 2012

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature