A scourge of rural Africa, the tsetse fly is genetically deciphered

Thursday, April 24, 2014 - 18:31 in Biology & Nature

This is an image of tsetse fly. An international team of researchers led by the Yale School of Public Health has successfully sequenced the genetic code of the tsetse fly, opening the door to scientific breakthroughs that could reduce or end the scourge of African sleeping sickness in sub-Saharan Africa. The study is published in the journal Science.

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