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Evidence of temporal stability in allelic and mitochondrial haplotype diversity in populations of Glossina fuscipes fuscipes (Diptera: Glossinidae) in northern Uganda.
Parasites & vectors - 3 May 2016
Opiro Robert, Saarman Norah P, Echodu Richard, Opiyo Elizabeth A, Dion Kirstin, Halyard Alexis, Aksoy Serap, Caccone Adalgisa
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BACKGROUND: Glossina fuscipes fuscipes is a tsetse species of high economic importance in Uganda where it is responsible for transmitting animal African trypanosomiasis (AAT) and both the chronic and acute forms of human African trypanosomiasis (HAT). We used genotype data from 17 microsatellites and a mitochondrial DNA marker to assess temporal changes in gene frequency for samples collected between the periods...
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