| population structure and geographical subdivision of the leishmania major vector phlebotomus papatasi as revealed by microsatellite variation. | multi-locus microsatellite typing (mlmt) has been employed to infer the population structure of phlebotomus papatasi (scopoli) (diptera: psychodidae) sandflies and assign individuals to populations. phlebotomus papatasi sandflies were collected from 35 sites in 15 countries. a total of 188 p. papatasi individuals were typed using five microsatellite loci, resulting in 113 different genotypes. unique microsatellite signatures were observed for some of the populations analysed. comparable results ... | 2009 | 19239616 |