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They found that the biological changes that allow beetle mimic cockroaches to give birth to live young are similar to those found in aphids and tsetse flies, demonstrating convergent evolution, Benoit said.
From Science Daily • Oct. 20, 2023
The rare disease is caused by the parasite Trypanosoma brucei gambiense, which is transmitted by the tsetse fly.
From Science Magazine • Dec. 7, 2022
In New York, Dora was diagnosed with Chagas, which is cousin to the sleeping sickness caused by the African tsetse fly.
From Salon • Jul. 19, 2021
In other places, far less grazing created a hospitable habitat for the tsetse fly, which carries the parasites that cause sleeping sickness.
From New York Times • Apr. 13, 2018
The only factor that prevented horses from spreading beyond West Africa was trypanosome diseases borne by tsetse flies.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
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Dwight D. Eisenhower, "The Military-Industrial Complex" (1961)
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