ReviewInfection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases2009
Tsetse flies: genetics, evolution, and role as vectors.
Review in Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases, 2009. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 58 papers.
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- A volatile sex attractant of tsetse flies.Science (New York, N.Y.) · 2023Article
- Development and characterization of microsatellite markers for the tsetse species Glossina brevipalpis and preliminary population genetics analyses.Parasite (Paris, France) · 2023Article
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- The Tsetse Metabolic Gambit: Living on Blood by Relying on Symbionts Demands Synchronization.Frontiers in microbiology · 2022Review
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- Satellite-based modelling of potential tsetse (Glossina pallidipes) breeding and foraging sites using teneral and non-teneral fly occurrence data.Parasites & vectors · 2021Article
- Viviparity and habitat restrictions may influence the evolution of male reproductive genes in tsetse fly (Glossina) species.BMC biology · 2021Article
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Abstract
Tsetse flies (Diptera: Glossinidae) are an ancient taxon of one genus, Glossina, and limited species diversity. All are exclusively haematophagous and confined to sub-Saharan Africa. The Glossina are the principal vectors of African trypanosomes Trypanosoma sp. (Kinetoplastida: Trypanosomatidae) and as such, are of great medical and economic importance. Clearly tsetse flies and trypanosomes are coadapted and evolutionary interactions between them are manifest. Numerous clonally reproducing strains of Trypanosoma sp. exist and their genetic diversities and spatial distributions are inadequately known. Here I review the breeding structures of the principle trypanosome vectors, G. morsitans s.l., G. pallidipes, G. palpalis s.l. and G. fuscipes fuscipes. All show highly structured populations among which there is surprisingly little detectable gene flow. Rather less is known of the breeding structure of T. brucei sensu lato vis à vis their vector tsetse flies but many genetically differentiated strains exist in nature. Genetic recombination in Trypanosoma via meiosis has recently been demonstrated in the laboratory thereby furnishing a mechanism of strain differentiation in addition to that of simple mutation. Spatially and genetically representative sampling of both trypanosome species and strains and their Glossina vectors is a major barrier to a comprehensive understanding of their mutual relationships.
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