Symbiotic microbes affect the expression of male reproductive genes in Glossina m. morsitans

Symbiotic microbes affect the expression of male reproductive genes in Glossina m. morsitans

Abstract Background Tsetse flies (Diptera, Glossinidae) display unique reproductive biology traits. Females reproduce through adenotrophic viviparity, nourishing the growing larva into their modified uterus until parturition. Males transfer their sperm and seminal fluid, produced by both testes and...

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Main Authors: Francesca Scolari, Geoffrey Michael Attardo, Emre Aksoy, Brian Weiss, Grazia Savini, Peter Takac, Adly Abd-Alla, Andrew Gordon Parker, Serap Aksoy, Anna Rodolfa Malacrida
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2018-11-01
Series:BMC Microbiology
Subjects:
Tsetse
Endosymbionts
Aposymbiotic
Testes
MAGs
Ejaculate
Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12866-018-1289-2

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