Effects of mating on oogenesis induced by amino acid infusion, amino acid feeding, or blood feeding in the mosquito Anopheles stephensi (Diptera: Culicidae)

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 441-446

  Uchida, Keikichi ^a   Moribayashi, Atsuko ^a,b   Matsuoka, Hiroyuki ^a,c   Oda, Tsutomu ^a,d  

^a JUNTENDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES   (Japan)

^c JICHI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d NAGASAKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Amino acids; Anopheles stephensi; Infusion; Mating; Oogenesis

Indexed keywords

ANOPHELES STEPHENSI; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA; INVERTEBRATA;

EID: 1642409196     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/0022-2585-40.4.441     Document Type: Article

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