3-D imaging provides new insights into reproductive biology of parasite-carrying flies – Phys.org

To better understand the unique reproductive biology of tsetse flies, which are carriers of the parasites that cause a deadly infection known as African sleeping sickness, researchers explored the intact organs and tissues of tsetse flies using a powerful 3D X-ray imaging technique at Berkeley Lab.
The imaging technique provided new insights into how the flies’ specialized biology governs mating and reproductive processes, including female flies’ unique lactation and their delivery of a single fully…

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