Male size does not affect mating success (of Anopheles gambiae in São Tomé)

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 109-111

  Charlwood, J D ^c   Pinto, J ^a   Sousa, C A ^a   Ferreira, C ^b   Rosário, V E Do ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE HIGIENE E MEDICINA TROPICAL   (Portugal)

^b Centro Nacional de Endemias   (Sao Tome and Principe)

^c DANISH BILHARZIASIS LABORATORY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Anopheles gambiae; Genetic control; Larval competition; Malaria vectors; Mating success; S o Tom ; Sexual selection; Wing size

Indexed keywords

DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE VECTOR; MALARIA; MATING SUCCESS;

SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE;

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; PLASMODIUM;

ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; ARTICLE; BODY CONSTITUTION; DISEASE CARRIER; FORELIMB; HISTOLOGY; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; BODY CONSTITUTION; INSECT VECTORS; MALE; REPRODUCTION; WING;

EID: 0036010136     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.0269-283x.2002.00342.x     Document Type: Article

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