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Alexandre A. Peixoto

Researcher at Oswaldo Cruz Foundation

Publications -  69
Citations -  3570

Alexandre A. Peixoto is an academic researcher from Oswaldo Cruz Foundation. The author has contributed to research in topics: Species complex & Population. The author has an hindex of 33, co-authored 69 publications receiving 3225 citations. Previous affiliations of Alexandre A. Peixoto include University of Padua & University of Leicester.

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Natural variation in a Drosophila clock gene and temperature compensation.

TL;DR: Thr-Gly length variation from both wild-caught and transgenic individuals is related to the flies' ability to maintain a circadian period at different temperatures and gives a rare glimpse of the interplay between molecular polymorphism, behavior, population biology, and natural selection.
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Genome of Rhodnius prolixus, an insect vector of Chagas disease, reveals unique adaptations to hematophagy and parasite infection

Rafael D. Mesquita, +131 more
TL;DR: The first genome sequence of a nondipteran insect vector of an important human parasitic disease is described, which provides critical information on the physiology and evolution of this important vector species and should be instrumental for the development of innovative disease control methods.
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Embryonic desiccation resistance in Aedes aegypti: presumptive role of the chitinized Serosal Cuticle

TL;DR: In addition to the peritrophic matrix and exoskeleton, these findings confirm chitin is also present in the mosquito serosal cuticle, and point to the role of the chitInized SC in the desiccation resistance of Ae.
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A Latitudinal Cline in a Drosophila Clock Gene

TL;DR: The geographical analysis of polymorphism within Europe and North Africa suggests the possibility that the length polymorphism could be maintained by thermal selection because the threonine-glycine region has been shown to provide thermostability to the circadian phenotype.