Historical Westward Migration Phases of Inferred from the Population Structure and the Phylogeography of Occidental Mediterranean Native Sheep Breeds.

In this study, the genetic relationship and the population structure of western Mediterranean basin native sheep breeds are investigated, analyzing Maghrebian, Central Italian, and Venetian sheep with a highly informative microsatellite markers panel. The phylogeographical analysis, between breeds' differentiation level (Wright's fixation index), gene flow, ancestral relatedness measured by molecular coancestry, genetic distances, divergence times estimates and structure analyses, were revealed based on the assessment of 975 genotyped animals. The results unveiled the past introduction and migration history of sheep in the occidental Mediterranean basin since the early Neolithic.

First Report of Two Rodents as Potential Reservoir Hosts of Parasites in Tunisia.

This study shows, for the first time, natural infection among spp. in an endemic region of Tataouine, South Tunisia. To better characterize the transmission cycles in this complex focus of mixed transmission, detection and species identification were performed by direct examination, internal transcribed spacer-1 (ITS1)-PCR-restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP), and sequencing of (.

Evaluation of the Taxonomic Status of Lesser Egyptian Jerboa, : First Description of New Phylogroups in Tunisia.

The taxonomy of the Lesser Egyptian jerboa, (.) (Dipodinae subfamily), was recently reevaluated, and the taxonomic status was defined by the presence of two cryptic species, . (Linnaeus 1758) and .

Development and Assessment of and Specific Loop-Mediated Isothermal Amplification Assays for the Diagnosis of Cutaneous Leishmaniasis in Tunisia.

Cutaneous leishmaniasis (CL) remains one of the world's most prevalent neglected diseases, particularly in developing countries. Identification of the involved species is an important step in the diagnosis and case management process. In this study, we tested simple, rapid, and highly sensitive loop-mediated isothermal amplification (LAMP) assays for DNA species-specific detection from cutaneous lesions.