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Aquaporins Are Critical for Provision of Water during Lactation and Intrauterine Progeny Hydration to Maintain Tsetse Fly Reproductive Success

Benoit, Joshua B; Hansen, Immo A; Attardo, Geoffrey M; Michalková, Veronika; Mireji, Paul O; Bargul, Joel L; Drake, Lisa L; Masiga, Daniel K; Aksoy, Serap (2014)

Tsetse flies undergo drastic fluctuations in their water content throughout their adult life history due to events such as blood feeding, dehydration and lactation, an essential feature of the viviparous reproductive biology ...
Juvenile hormone and insulin suppress lipolysis between periods of lactation during tsetse fly pregnancy

Baumann, Aaron A; Benoit, Joshua B; Michalkova, Veronika; Mireji, Paul O; Attardo, Geoffrey M; Moulton, John K; Wilson, Thomas G; Aksoy, Serap (Elsevier, 2013)

Tsetse flies are viviparous insects that nurture a single intrauterine progeny per gonotrophic cycle. The developing larva is nourished by the lipid-rich, milk-like secretions from a modified female accessory gland (milk ...

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