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Sterility in tsetse flies (Glossina morsitans Westwood) caused by loss of symbionts

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Tsetse flies fed on blood containing oxytetracycline, sulphaquinoxaline or lysozyme do not reproduce. It could be proved that primarily the symbionts in flies are damaged, which secondarily leads to sterility.

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  1. Institut für Angewandte Zoologie der Universität Bonn, An der Immenburg 1, D-53, Bonn 1, Germany

    G. Nogge

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I thank Dr.A. M. Jordan, Tsetse Research Laboratory at Bristol, for providing me with pupae ofG. morsitans, Dr.H. Wetzel, International Atomic Energy Authority, Vienna, for providing antibiotictreated flies and the Gesellschaft für Strahlen und Umweltforschung, München, for financial support.

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Nogge, G. Sterility in tsetse flies (Glossina morsitans Westwood) caused by loss of symbionts. Experientia 32, 995–996 (1976). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01933932

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