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Ecotype evolution in Glossina palpalis subspecies, major vectors of sleeping sickness.
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- The Transmission of Animal African Trypanosomiasis in Two Districts in the Forest Zone of Ghana.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2024Article
- Population Structure and Migration Patterns of the Tsetse Fly Glossina fuscipes in Congo-Brazzaville.The American journal of tropical medicine and hygiene · 2020Article
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- Diversity and phylogenetic relationships of Glossina populations in Nigeria and the Cameroonian border region.BMC microbiology · 2018Article
- Competitiveness and survival of two strains of Glossina palpalis gambiensis in an urban area of Senegal.PLoS neglected tropical diseases · 2017Article
- Influence of temperature and relative humidity on survival and fecundity of three tsetse strains.Parasites & vectors · 2016Article
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Abstract
backgroundThe role of environmental factors in driving adaptive trajectories of living organisms is still being debated. This is even more important to understand when dealing with important neglected diseases and their vectors. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL
findingsIn this paper, we analysed genetic divergence, computed from seven microsatellite loci, of 614 tsetse flies (Glossina palpalis gambiensis and Glossina palpalis palpalis, major vectors of animal and human trypanosomes) from 28 sites of West and Central Africa. We found that the two subspecies are so divergent that they deserve the species status. Controlling for geographic and time distances that separate these samples, which have a significant effect, we found that G. p. gambiensis from different landscapes (Niayes of Senegal, savannah and coastal environments) were significantly genetically different and thus represent different ecotypes or subspecies. We also confirm that G. p. palpalis from Ivory Coast, Cameroon and DRC are strongly divergent. CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE: These results provide an opportunity to examine whether new tsetse fly ecotypes might display different behaviour, dispersal patterns, host preferences and vectorial capacities. This work also urges a revision of taxonomic status of Glossina palpalis subspecies and highlights again how fast ecological divergence can be, especially in host-parasite-vector systems.
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