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Expansions of chemosensory gene orthologs among selected tsetse fly species and their expressions in Glossina morsitans morsitans tsetse fly

• Joy M. Kabaka ,

  Roles Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: jmanyasa@gmail.com (JMK); Mireji.paul@gmail.com (POM)

  Affiliations Biotechnology Research Institute—Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization, Kikuyu, Kenya, Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Biotechnology, School of Pure and Applied Sciences, Kenyatta University, Ruiru Campus, Nairobi, Kenya

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• Benson M. Wachira,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliations Biotechnology Research Institute—Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization, Kikuyu, Kenya, Department of Chemistry, School of Pure and Applied Sciences, Kenyatta University, Ruiru Campus, Nairobi, Kenya

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• Clarence M. Mang’era,

  Roles Formal analysis, Software, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Egerton University, Njoro Campus, Egerton, Kenya

  ORCID logo http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3972-2284

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• Martin K. Rono,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Centre for Geographic Medicine Research—Coast, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kilifi, Kenya

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• Ahmed Hassanali,

  Roles Supervision, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Chemistry, School of Pure and Applied Sciences, Kenyatta University, Ruiru Campus, Nairobi, Kenya

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• Sylvance O. Okoth,

  Roles Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Biotechnology Research Institute—Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization, Kikuyu, Kenya

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• Vincent O. Oduol,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Department of Biochemistry, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya

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• Rosaline W. Macharia,

  Roles Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Center for Bioinformatics and Biotechnology, University of Nairobi, Nairobi, Kenya

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• Grace A. Murilla,

  Roles Funding acquisition, Project administration, Resources, Writing – review & editing

  Affiliation Biotechnology Research Institute—Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization, Kikuyu, Kenya

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• Paul O. Mireji

  Roles Conceptualization, Data curation, Formal analysis, Funding acquisition, Investigation, Methodology, Project administration, Resources, Software, Supervision, Visualization, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

  * E-mail: jmanyasa@gmail.com (JMK); Mireji.paul@gmail.com (POM)

  Affiliations Biotechnology Research Institute—Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research Organization, Kikuyu, Kenya, Centre for Geographic Medicine Research—Coast, Kenya Medical Research Institute, Kilifi, Kenya

  ORCID logo http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7965-2428

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