2023
A volatile sex attractant of tsetse flies
Ebrahim S, Dweck H, Weiss B, Carlson J. A volatile sex attractant of tsetse flies. Science 2023, 379: eade1877. PMID: 36795837, PMCID: PMC10204727, DOI: 10.1126/science.ade1877.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2021
Infection with endosymbiotic Spiroplasma disrupts tsetse (Glossina fuscipes fuscipes) metabolic and reproductive homeostasis
Son JH, Weiss BL, Schneider DI, Dera KM, Gstöttenmayer F, Opiro R, Echodu R, Saarman NP, Attardo GM, Onyango M, Abdalla A, Aksoy S. Infection with endosymbiotic Spiroplasma disrupts tsetse (Glossina fuscipes fuscipes) metabolic and reproductive homeostasis. PLOS Pathogens 2021, 17: e1009539. PMID: 34529715, PMCID: PMC8478229, DOI: 10.1371/journal.ppat.1009539.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsReproductive fitnessSpiroplasma infectionSex-biased gene expressionHigh-throughput RNA sequencingReproductive physiologyIntrauterine larval developmentMale reproductive fitnessPathogenic African trypanosomesEndosymbiotic bacteriaFly resistanceTsetse fecundityFemale spermathecaFemale fecundityRNA sequencingLarval developmentSpiroplasmaGene expressionAfrican trypanosomesReproductive tissuesReproductive homeostasisTsetse hostHuman diseasesPopulation sizeProtective phenotypeLab lines
2002
Identification and characterization of genes differentially expressed in the testis/vas deferens of the fed male tick, Amblyomma hebraeum
Weiss BL, Stepczynski JM, Wong P, Kaufman WR. Identification and characterization of genes differentially expressed in the testis/vas deferens of the fed male tick, Amblyomma hebraeum. Insect Biochemistry And Molecular Biology 2002, 32: 785-793. PMID: 12044495, DOI: 10.1016/s0965-1748(01)00161-8.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsTestis/vas deferensMature male gonadsCharacterization of genesNorthern blot analysisSequence similarityCDNA libraryMale developmentGonad maturationGenomic DNAMale gonadsMolecular phenotypesMRNA transcriptsGenesBlot analysisTissues of fedUnfed malesClonesUnfed animalsFed ticksPhysiological changesAmblyomma hebraeumVas deferensTicksHomologyAcylphosphatase