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Microsatellite polymorphism in tsetse flies (Diptera: Glossinidae).
Journal of medical entomology - 1 May 2001
Luna C, Bonizzoni M, Cheng Q, Robinson A S, Aksoy S, Zheng L
Abstract excerpt
In sub-Saharan Africa, tsetse flies are the vectors of trypanosomes, the causative agents of sleeping sickness in humans and nagana in animals. Certain wild populations of the palpalis group exhibit intraspecific variation and are suspect of manifest differences in vectorial capacity. The current study reports the identification of 13 polymorphic microsatellite loci from Glossina palpalis palpalis...
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