2014
Establishment and Maintenance of Small Scale Tsetse Colonies
Aksoy S. Establishment and Maintenance of Small Scale Tsetse Colonies. 2014, 165-175. DOI: 10.1201/b16804-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchDisease control strategiesLaboratory rearing methodRearing methodTsetse coloniesRegions of sub-Saharan AfricaLaboratory coloniesResearch colonyParasite transmissionParasitic African trypanosomesTsetse fliesFeeding conditionsImportant vectorTsetse biologySub-Saharan AfricaAfrican trypanosomesFeedingFliesGlossinaProtozoanAgriculture
2007
Symbiosis-Based Technological Advances to Improve Tsetse Glossina spp. SIT Application
Aksoy S, Weiss B. Symbiosis-Based Technological Advances to Improve Tsetse Glossina spp. SIT Application. 2007, 137-148. DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-6059-5_12.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSterile insect techniqueCytoplasmic incompatibilityField populationsWolbachia infectionGene productsTsetse fliesGerm-line transformationComplete genome sequencePresence of WolbachiaGene expression experimentsPest control toolForeign gene productsParasitic African trypanosomesGlossina sppMidgut symbiontsArea-wide basisFly developmentInsect speciesReproductive incompatibilitySIT applicationMale sterilityUninfected insectsGenome sequenceMating incompatibilityExpression experiments
1999
Concordant Evolution of a Symbiont with Its Host Insect Species: Molecular Phylogeny of Genus Glossina and Its Bacteriome-Associated Endosymbiont, Wigglesworthia glossinidia
Chen X, Li S, Aksoy S. Concordant Evolution of a Symbiont with Its Host Insect Species: Molecular Phylogeny of Genus Glossina and Its Bacteriome-Associated Endosymbiont, Wigglesworthia glossinidia. Journal Of Molecular Evolution 1999, 48: 49-58. PMID: 9873076, DOI: 10.1007/pl00006444.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsHost insect speciesRDNA sequence analysisInsect speciesGroup speciesSequence analysisSister-group relationshipSpacer 2 (ITS2) regionParasitic African trypanosomesWigglesworthia glossinidiaMolecular phylogenyDifferentiated epithelial cellsGlossina austeniPrimary symbiontSecondary symbiontsSymbiotic associationDistinct lineagesRibosomal DNAGenus WolbachiaSymbiotic organismsTaxonomic placementΓ-subdivisionITS-2Third organismMidgut cellsAfrican trypanosomes