Tracking the feeding patterns of tsetse flies (Glossina genus) by analysis of bloodmeals using mitochondrial cytochromes genes.

Tsetse flies are notoriously difficult to observe in nature, particularly when populations densities are low. It is therefore difficult to observe them on their hosts in nature; hence their vertebrate species can very often only be determined indirectly by analysis of their gut contents. This knowle...

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Main Authors: Catherine N Muturi, Johnson O Ouma, Imna I Malele, Raphael M Ngure, Jane J Rutto, Klaus M Mithöfer, John Enyaru, Daniel K Masiga
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2011-02-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/21386971/?tool=EBI