Interpopulational genetic diversity in the medically important scorpion Tityus obscurus (Scorpiones: Buthidae) from northeastern Brazilian Amazonia

Interpopulational genetic diversity in the medically important scorpion Tityus obscurus (Scorpiones: Buthidae) from northeastern Brazilian Amazonia

ABSTRACT Scorpion envenoming is considered a public health problem in Brazil. A recent study described a variation in the clinical outcome of envenoming by Tityus obscurus in two populations separated by 850 km in the northeastern Amazon region. Our aim was to evaluate whether such clinical and toxi...

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Main Authors: Pedro Pereira de Oliveira PARDAL, Johne Souza COELHO, Joaquim Martins da SILVA, Bruno Rafael Ribeiro ALMEIDA, Hipócrates Menezes CHALKIDIS, Adolfo BORGES, Edna Aoba Yassui ISHIKAWA, Cristovam Guerreiro DINIZ, Guilherme da Cruz SANTOS-NETO, Mauro André Damasceno de MELO
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia 2023-10-01
Series:Acta Amazonica
Subjects:
mitochondrial DNA
phylogenetic analyses
cytochrome oxidase subunit I
16S RNA
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