New tsetse (Glossina fuscipes fuscipes) genomes generated from wild and laboratory‐reared specimens
Bruzzese D, Weiss B, Echodu R, Mireji P, Abd‐Alla A, Aksoy S. New tsetse (Glossina fuscipes fuscipes) genomes generated from wild and laboratory‐reared specimens. Insect Science 2025 PMID: 40509668, PMCID: PMC12353960, DOI: 10.1111/1744-7917.70085.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHigh-quality genomesVectors of African trypanosomesSingle-copy homologsPopulation-level variationBUSCO scoreUnique orthologsAssembled genomeAnimal African trypanosomiasesGenetic diversityNatural wild populationsNanopore sequencingGenomeWild populationsLong-term captivityAfrican trypanosomesLaboratory linesGlossina fuscipes fuscipesGeographical originOrthologsLaboratory-reared specimensQV scoreVector biologyCentral African RepublicNorthwestern UgandaFliesSpiroplasma infection in colonized Glossina fuscipes fuscipes: impact on mass rearing and the sterile insect technique
Dera K, Barro D, Kaboré B, Gstöttenmayer F, Dieng M, Pagabeleguem S, Weiss B, Fiorenza G, Piccinno R, Malacrida A, Aksoy S, de Beer C, Mach R, Vreysen M, Abd‐Alla A. Spiroplasma infection in colonized Glossina fuscipes fuscipes: impact on mass rearing and the sterile insect technique. Insect Science 2025 PMID: 40415533, DOI: 10.1111/1744-7917.70078.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSpiroplasma infectionSterile insect techniqueDevelopment of disease control strategiesGlossina fuscipes fuscipesParasitic African trypanosomesAnimal African trypanosomosesGenus of endosymbiotic bacteriaLength of larval developmentInfection prevalenceInsect techniqueDisease control strategiesAdult eclosion ratesMating advantageEndosymbiotic bacteriaRefractory to infectionSpiroplasmaAfrican trypanosomesTsetse fecundityLarval developmentEclosion rateLaboratory coloniesFly hostsMass rearingTsetse fliesColoniesEffect of Spiroplasma infection on the mating behavior of Glossina fuscipes fuscipes
Fiorenza G, Piccinno R, Bruzzese D, Scolari F, Milanesi G, Casali C, Gomulski L, Lescai F, Forneris F, Gasperi G, Dera K, de Beer C, Abd‐Alla A, Aksoy S, Malacrida A. Effect of Spiroplasma infection on the mating behavior of Glossina fuscipes fuscipes. Insect Science 2025 PMID: 40195916, DOI: 10.1111/1744-7917.70042.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMating behaviorSpiroplasma infectionBiological control agentsNonrandom mating patternsHigher mating propensitySpiroplasma-infected fliesGlossina fuscipes fuscipesInfected malesVectors of African trypanosomesTrypanosome co-infectionsControl agentsPremating isolationTsetse fliesFemale reproductive tissuesPairs of individualsMating patternsPresence of SpiroplasmaMating propensityMating experimentsClass MollicutesBiological insightsPaternal transmissionSpiroplasmaLaboratory strainsAfrican trypanosomes
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