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Understanding local population genetics of tsetse: the case of an isolated population of Glossina palpalis gambiensis in Burkina Faso.
Infection, genetics and evolution : journal of molecular epidemiology and evolutionary genetics in infectious diseases - 1 Aug 2012
De Meeûs Thierry, Ravel Sophie, Rayaisse Jean-Baptiste, Courtin Fabrice, Solano Philippe
Abstract excerpt
Tsetse flies are the vectors of human and animal trypanosomiases. For tsetse eradication programs, it is crucial to be able to identify and target isolated populations, because they can be targeted for eradication without risk of reinvasion. However, most data that are available on non-isolated populations fail to find how these populations are locally structured, because Wahlund effect (admixture of individuals...
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