Infection, Genetics and Evolution, 2013 The tsetse fly (Diptera: Glossinidae), the vector of trypanosomes causing human and animal trypanosomiasis, harbors symbiotic microorganisms including the primary symbiont Wigglesworthia glossinidia, involved in the fly's nutrition and fertility, and the secondary symbiont Sodalis glossinidius, involved in the trypanosome establishment in the fly's ...
Soumana, I. H. +6 more
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Designing optimal- and fast-on-average pattern matching algorithms
, 2016 Given a pattern $w$ and a text $t$, the speed of a pattern matching algorithm over $t$ with regard to $w$, is the ratio of the length of $t$ to the number of text accesses performed to search $w$ into $t$.
Didier, Gilles, Tichit, Laurent
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Paternal transmission of a secondary symbiont during mating in the viviparous tsetse fly [PDF]
, 2015 Sodalis glossinidius, a maternally inherited secondary symbiont of the tsetse fly, is a bacterium in the early/intermediate state of the transition toward symbiosis, representing an important model for investigating establishment and evolution of insect ...
Caljon, Guy +3 more
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A novel pathway producing dimethylsulphide in bacteria is widespread in soil environments [PDF]
, 2015 The volatile compound dimethylsulphide (DMS) is important in climate regulation, the sulphur cycle and signalling to higher organisms. Microbial catabolism of the marine osmolyte dimethylsulphoniopropionate (DMSP) is thought to be the major biological ...
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Influence of temperature and relative humidity on survival and fecundity of three tsetse strains [PDF]
, 2015 Background: Tsetse flies occur in much of sub-Saharan Africa where they are vectors of trypanosomes that cause human and animal African trypanosomosis.
Pagabeleguem, Soumaïla +9 more
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Influence of Host Phylogeographic Patterns and Incomplete Lineage Sorting on Within-Species Genetic Variability in Wigglesworthia Species, Obligate Symbionts of Tsetse Flies [PDF]
Applied and Environmental Microbiology, 2011 ABSTRACT Vertical transmission of obligate symbionts generates a predictable evolutionary history of symbionts that reflects that of their hosts. In insects, evolutionary associations between symbionts and their hosts have been investigated primarily among species, leaving population-level processes largely unknown. In this study,
Rebecca E, Symula +7 more
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A probabilistic model for gene content evolution with duplication, loss, and horizontal transfer
, 2005 We introduce a Markov model for the evolution of a gene family along a phylogeny. The model includes parameters for the rates of horizontal gene transfer, gene duplication, and gene loss, in addition to branch lengths in the phylogeny. The likelihood for
A.B. Simonson +43 more
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Human African trypanosomiasis control: Achievements and challenges [PDF]
, 2017 Sleeping sickness, also known as human African trypanosomiasis (HAT), is a neglected disease that impacts 70 million people living in 1.55 million km2 in sub-Saharan Africa.
Aksoy, Serap +4 more
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Flashy flagella: flagellin modification is relatively common and highly versatile among the Enterobacteriaceae [PDF]
, 2016 Schematic diagrams of inserts within the fliDCAZ loci of FGI−/FMI− Enterobacteriaceae. Flanking genes are indicated by yellow arrows, predicted phage genes by blue arrows, fimbrial biogenesis genes by grey arrows and sugar/amino acid transporter genes by
Don A. Cowan, Pieter De Maayer
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Insect Science, Volume 32, Issue 5, Page 1691-1712, October 2025.Abstract Glossina austeni Newstead (Diptera: Glossinidae) is a competent vector of the trypanosomes causing human African trypanosomiasis and the African animal trypanosomosis. Management of this pest has primarily involved trapping methods, Sterile Insect Technique, and research into vector competence–symbiotic interactions.
Fidelis Levi Odhiambo Ombura +5 more
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