Gene-drive in age-structured insect populations

Evolutionary Applications

Volumn 2, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 143-159

  Huang, Yunxin ^a   Lloyd, Alun L ^a   Legros, Mathieu ^a   Gould, Fred ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Assortative mating; Fitness cost; Genetic control; Mosquito; Release threshold

Indexed keywords

EID: 77954253931     PISSN: 17524563     EISSN: 17524571     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1752-4571.2008.00049.x     Document Type: Article

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