Food availability and parasite infection influence the correlated responses of life history traits to selection for age at pupation in the mosquito Aedes aegypti

Journal of Evolutionary Biology

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 760-769

  Koella, J C ^a,b   Offenberg, J ^a  

^a AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^b SORBONNE UNIVERSITÉ   (France)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; Correlated response; Edhazardia aedis; Genetic correlation; Life history

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY; FOOD AVAILABILITY; HOST-PARASITE INTERACTION; LIFE HISTORY TRAIT; PARASITE INFESTATION;

AEDES AEGYPTI; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; EDHAZARDIA AEDIS;

EID: 0033066071     PISSN: 1010061X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1420-9101.1999.00071.x     Document Type: Article

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