title: Chemosensory receptors in tsetse flies provide link between chemical and behavioural ecology.
abstract: Tsetse flies survive in a variety of environments across tropical Africa, often rising to large numbers, despite their low birth rate of one offspring every seven to nine days. They use olfactory receptors to process chemical signals in their environments to find food, escape from predators, and locate suitable larviposition sites. We discuss the identification of odorant and gustatory receptors in Glossina morsitans morsitans and the role genomics could play in management of nuisance insects.
authors.affiliation: Molecular Biology and Bioinformatics Unit, International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology, icipe, P.O. Box 30772-00100, Nairobi, Kenya. Electronic address: dmasiga@icipe.org.
authors.forename: Daniel
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Masiga
authors.affiliation: Molecular Biology and Bioinformatics Unit, International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology, icipe, P.O. Box 30772-00100, Nairobi, Kenya; South African MRC Bioinformatics Unit, South African National Bioinformatics Institute, University of The Western Cape, Private Bag X17, Bellville 7535, South Africa.
authors.forename: George
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Obiero
authors.affiliation: Molecular Biology and Bioinformatics Unit, International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology, icipe, P.O. Box 30772-00100, Nairobi, Kenya; South African MRC Bioinformatics Unit, South African National Bioinformatics Institute, University of The Western Cape, Private Bag X17, Bellville 7535, South Africa.
authors.forename: Rosaline
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Macharia
authors.affiliation: Trypanosomiasis Research Centre, Kenya Agricultural Research Institute, P.O. Box 362- 00902, Kikuyu, Kenya; Yale School of Public Health, P.O. Box 208034, 60 College Street, New Haven, CT 06520-8034, USA.
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mireji
authors.affiliation: South African MRC Bioinformatics Unit, South African National Bioinformatics Institute, University of The Western Cape, Private Bag X17, Bellville 7535, South Africa.
authors.forename: Alan
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Christoffels
mesh_terms: D000349:Africa; D000818:Animals; D001522:Behavior, Animal / Q000502:physiology; D004463:Ecology / Q000639:trends*; D023281:Genomics / Q000639:trends; D007300:Insect Control; D011984:Sensory Receptor Cells / Q000378:metabolism; D014370:Tsetse Flies / Q000033:anatomy & histology / Q000235:genetics / Q000502:physiology*
keywords: chemosensory proteins; ecology; genomics; gustatory receptors; odorant receptors; tsetse flies