Laboratory colonisation and genetic bottlenecks in the tsetse fly Glossina pallidipes.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The IAEA colony is the only one available for mass rearing of Glossina pallidipes, a vector of human and animal African trypanosomiasis in eastern Africa. This colony is the source for Sterile Insect Technique (SIT) programs in East Africa. The source population of this colony is unclear and its genetic diversity has not previously been evaluated and compared to field populations.

Methodology/principal findings

We examined the genetic variation within and between the IAEA colony and its potential source populations in north Zimbabwe and the Kenya/Uganda border at 9 microsatellites loci to retrace the demographic history of the IAEA colony. We performed classical population genetics analyses and also combined historical and genetic data in a quantitative analysis u

SUBMITTER: Ciosi M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3923722 | biostudies-literature | 2014 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature