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| Title |
Morphometric diagnosis of Glossina palpalis (Diptera: Glossinidae) population structure in Ghana
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| Published in |
BMC Research Notes, December 2017
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| DOI | 10.1186/s13104-017-3113-8 |
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| Authors |
Faith Ebhodaghe, Maxwell Kelvin Billah, Delphina Adabie-Gomez, Adam Yahaya |
| Abstract |
This study aimed to identify isolated population(s) of Glossina palpalis in Ghana using geometric morphometrics to evaluate variations in wing-shape and size between populations of the fly from three regions. Wing shape of G. palpalis tsetse flies from the Northern, Western and Eastern Regions varied significantly between each other. Populations from the Northern and Western Regions varied the most (Mahalanobis Distance = 54.20). The least variation was noticed between populations from the Western and Eastern Regions (MD = 1.99). On morphospace, the Northern population clearly separated from the Eastern and Western populations both of which overlapped. Wing centroid size also significantly varied among populations. Reclassification scores were satisfactory reaching 100% for the Northern population. The Northern population of G. palpalis is possibly isolated from the Western and Eastern Region populations. Meanwhile, a panmictic relationship could be on-going between the Western and Eastern populations. We speculate that geographical distance and subspecific difference between populations are among factors responsible for observed pattern of wing shape variations among the studied populations. The implications of results regarding choice of control strategy and limitations of the study are discussed. |
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| Country | Count | As % |
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| Unknown | 2 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Type | Count | As % |
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| Members of the public | 2 | 100% |
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Geographical breakdown
| Country | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Unknown | 30 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
|---|---|---|
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 8 | 27% |
| Researcher | 5 | 17% |
| Student > Bachelor | 4 | 13% |
| Lecturer | 2 | 7% |
| Other | 2 | 7% |
| Other | 5 | 17% |
| Unknown | 4 | 13% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 16 | 53% |
| Veterinary Science and Veterinary Medicine | 2 | 7% |
| Social Sciences | 2 | 7% |
| Mathematics | 1 | 3% |
| Environmental Science | 1 | 3% |
| Other | 2 | 7% |
| Unknown | 6 | 20% |
Attention Score in Context
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#17,986,372
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#2,851
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#106
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