Can transgenic mosquitoes afford the fitness cost?

Trends in Parasitology

Volumn 24, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 4-7

  Lambrechts, Louis ^a,b   Koella, Jacob C ^c   Boëte, Christophe ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d Laboratoire de Parasitologie Evolutive CNRS UMR 7103 UFR 927   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOPHELES STEPHENSI; DYNAMICS; GENETIC RESISTANCE; GENOTYPE; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; NONHUMAN; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI; PLASMODIUM FALCIPARUM; PREVALENCE; REPRODUCTION; SHORT SURVEY;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; ANOPHELES; HUMANS; IMMUNITY, NATURAL; MALARIA; MICE; MODELS, GENETIC; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI;

ANOPHELES STEPHENSI; PLASMODIUM BERGHEI;

EID: 37749032299     PISSN: 14714922     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.pt.2007.09.009     Document Type: Short Survey

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