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Presence of extensive Wolbachia symbiont insertions discovered in the genome of its host Glossina morsitans morsitans.
Publication Details
PLoS Negl. Trop. Dis., 8, doi: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0002728. 2014 CE.
Order of authorship in the original publication: Brelsfoard, Tsiamis, Falchetto....The authors suggested that infection by Wolbachia may give a reproductive advantage to the fly that carries the parasite causing Sleeping Sickness and nagana. Digital edition avalable from PubMedCentral PMCID: PMC3998919.
(Thanks to Juan Weiss for this reference and its interpretation.)
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Thematic Classifications
BACTERIOLOGY › BACTERIA (mostly pathogenic; sometimes indexed only to genus) › Rickettsiales › WolbachiaBIOLOGY › MOLECULAR BIOLOGY › Genomics › PathogenomicsINFECTIOUS DISEASE › VECTOR-BORNE DISEASES › Tsetse Fly-Borne Diseases › Sleeping Sickness (African Trypanosomiasis)PARASITOLOGY › Molecular ParasitologyZOOLOGY › Arthropoda › Entomology
| Catalog Metadata | Reference Information |
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| Entry Number | #11341 |
| Permanent Link | https://hom-sveltekit.fly.dev/entry/13539 |
| External URL | presence-of-extensive-wolbachia-symbiont-insertions-discovered-in-the-genome-of-its-host-glossina-morsitans-morsitans |