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Tsetse flies (Glossina morsitans morsitans) choose birthing sites guided by substrate cues with no evidence for a role of pheromones

Tsetse flies significantly impact public health and economic development in sub-Saharan African countries by transmitting the fatal disease African trypanosomiasis. Unusually, instead of laying eggs, tsetse birth a single larva that immediately burrows into the soil to pupate. Where the female choos...

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Autores principales: Adden, Andrea K., Haines, Lee R., Acosta-Serrano, Álvaro, Prieto-Godino, Lucia L.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: The Royal Society 2023
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10130706/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37122250
http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2023.0030