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Population sizes and dispersal pattern of tsetse flies: rolling on the river?
Molecular ecology - 1 Jul 2009
Bouyer J, Balenghien T, Ravel S, Vial L, Sidibé I, Thévenon S, Solano P, De Meeûs T
Abstract excerpt
The West African trypanosomoses are mostly transmitted by riverine species of tsetse fly. In this study, we estimate the dispersal and population size of tsetse populations located along the Mouhoun river in Burkina Faso where tsetse habitats are experiencing increasing fragmentation caused by human encroachment. Dispersal estimated through direct (mark and recapture) and indirect (genetic isolation by distance)...
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