{"id":107373,"date":"2013-02-28T17:10:26","date_gmt":"2013-02-28T20:10:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/revistapesquisa.fapesp.br\/?p=107373"},"modified":"2013-02-28T17:10:26","modified_gmt":"2013-02-28T20:10:26","slug":"the-call-of-speciation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/revistapesquisa.fapesp.br\/en\/the-call-of-speciation\/","title":{"rendered":"The call of speciation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright  wp-image-107374\" src=\"http:\/\/revistapesquisa.fapesp.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/014-017_Tecnociencia_202-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"232\" height=\"325\" srcset=\"https:\/\/revistapesquisa.fapesp.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/014-017_Tecnociencia_202-1.jpg 290w, https:\/\/revistapesquisa.fapesp.br\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/014-017_Tecnociencia_202-1-214x300.jpg 214w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 232px) 100vw, 232px\" \/><span class=\"media-credits-inline\">Daniel Bueno<\/span>For some time, science has been gathering evidence that <em>Lutzomyia longipalpis<\/em> \u2013 the main transmitter of the protozoan that causes visceral leishmaniasis in the Americas \u2013 is not just a species of insect, but a complex of sister species, practically indistinguishable from a morphological standpoint. Their differences can only be seen through the lens of genetics. A recent study confirms this idea and presents a mechanism that may explain the phenomenon. According to a project coordinated by researchers from Fiocruz in Rio de Janeiro, alterations in the <em>paralytic<\/em> gene may have been a factor in the sandfly (as this vector species is commonly known) dividing itself into two major groups in Brazil according to the type of mating call used by males (<em>PLoS One<\/em>, September 7, 2012). One line is a single species of mosquito that makes buzzing sounds when mating. The other consists of several very closely related species that produce rhythmic courting calls. In fruit flies, the <em>paralytic<\/em> gene is involved in controlling the sounds produced during sex.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The call of speciation","protected":false},"author":475,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[168],"tags":[],"coauthors":[785],"class_list":["post-107373","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-technoscience"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/revistapesquisa.fapesp.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107373","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/revistapesquisa.fapesp.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/revistapesquisa.fapesp.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/revistapesquisa.fapesp.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/475"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/revistapesquisa.fapesp.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=107373"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/revistapesquisa.fapesp.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/107373\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/revistapesquisa.fapesp.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=107373"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/revistapesquisa.fapesp.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=107373"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/revistapesquisa.fapesp.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=107373"},{"taxonomy":"author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/revistapesquisa.fapesp.br\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/coauthors?post=107373"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}