Polyandry Is a Common Event in Wild Populations of the Tsetse Fly Glossina fuscipes fuscipes and May Impact Population Reduction Measures
Bonomi A, Bassetti F, Gabrieli P, Beadell J, Falchetto M, Scolari F, Gomulski LM, Regazzini E, Ouma JO, Caccone A, Okedi LM, Attardo GM, Guglielmino CR, Aksoy S, Malacrida AR. Polyandry Is a Common Event in Wild Populations of the Tsetse Fly Glossina fuscipes fuscipes and May Impact Population Reduction Measures. PLOS Neglected Tropical Diseases 2011, 5: e1190. PMID: 21666797, PMCID: PMC3110164, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001190.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsEffective population sizePopulation sizeInformative microsatellite lociNumber of matingsTsetse Fly GlossinaFemale rematingWild populationsReproductive biologyMicrosatellite lociFemale matesSterile malesDifferent matesFemale spermathecaeRematingReproductive potentialPolyandryDirect countsPopulation age structureFuscipesLake VictoriaSpermathecaeWildMatesDry seasonSpecies