Genomic Tracing Reveals Multiple Independent Occurrences of Bactrocera dorsalis in Belgium
Sam Vanbergen, Pablo Deschepper, Jan Van Autreve, Vera Huyshauwer, Massimiliano Virgilio, Jochem Bonte, Wannes Dermauw, Nikolaos Papadopoulos · 2025
Read Genomic Tracing Reveals Multiple Independent Occurrences of Bactrocera dorsalis in Belgium by Sam Vanbergen, Pablo Deschepper, Jan Van Autreve, Vera Huyshauwer, Massimiliano Virgilio, Jochem Bonte, Wannes Dermauw, Nikolaos Papadopoulos (2025) in the Tower of Babel, a free online library of public-domain works preserved in clean, searchable text. No sign-up. The full text is served as a plain-text file at a predictable URL, where text is present: https://antarctic-labs.com/tower-of-babel/pmc-12734248.txt.
Description
Sam Vanbergen and co-authors used genome reads to trace fruit fly invasions of Belgium, in this 2025 study. The fly, a top fruit pest, is a quarantine priority in Europe. Traps in gardens and markets caught adult males in 2023 and 2024. The team sequenced them, plus larvae seized from imported fruit in past years.
Marker analysis split the adults by origin: three from Africa and eight from Asia, pointing to separate arrivals rather than one spreading front. Nearly all seized larvae traced to Africa. One gene region mostly agreed with the genome-wide read, with a few clashes flagged. The team also built a compact marker set so labs can assign origins fast.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Sam Vanbergen, Pablo Deschepper, Jan Van Autreve, Vera Huyshauwer, Massimiliano Virgilio, Jochem Bonte, Wannes Dermauw, Nikolaos Papadopoulos |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 67 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |