Genetic variance and genotype-by-environment interaction of immune response in aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae)

Journal of Medical Entomology

Volumn 47, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 111-120

  Moreno Garcia, Miguel ^a   Lanz Mendoza, Humberto ^a,b   Córdoba Aguilar, Alex ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL AUTÓNOMA DE MÉXICO   (Mexico)

^b INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE SALUD PÚBLICA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Aedes aegypti; Immune response; Phenotypic plasticity; Quantitative genetics

Indexed keywords

AEDES; ANIMAL; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENETICS; GENOTYPE; IMMUNOLOGY; LARVA; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REVIEW; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT;

AEDES; ANIMALS; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOTYPE; LARVA; MALE; SEX CHARACTERISTICS;

AEDES AEGYPTI; CULICIDAE; DIPTERA;

EID: 77949292872     PISSN: 00222585     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1603/ME08267     Document Type: Review

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