Genetic variation in a Tanzanian population of Glossina swynnertoni (Diptera: Glossinidae).

doi:10.1093/jmedent/30.2.489

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Genetic variation in a Tanzanian population of Glossina swynnertoni (Diptera: Glossinidae).

Journal of medical entomology - 1 Mar 1993

Gooding R H, Mbise S, Macha P, Rolseth B M

Abstract excerpt

Adult Glossina swynnertoni Austen that emerged from puparia collected during 1989 and 1991 near Makuyuni, Tanzania, were examined by polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. Fourteen of 17 enzymes were monomorphic. Midgut alkaline phosphatase (ALKPH), phosphoglucomutase (PGM), and glucose-6-phosphate...

Topics

Alleles
Animals
Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel
Enzymes
Female
Genetic Variation
Heterozygote
Male
Polymorphism, Genetic
Tanzania
Tsetse Flies

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