Repeated bouts of dehydration deplete nutrient reserves and reduce egg production in the mosquito Culex pipiens

Journal of Experimental Biology

Volumn 213, Issue 16, 2010, Pages 2763-2769

  Benoit, Joshua B ^a,b   Patrick, Kevin R ^a   Desai, Karina ^a   Hardesty, Jeffrey J ^a   Krause, Tyler B ^a   Denlinger, David L ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b YALE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Culex pipiens; Dehydration bouts; Diapause; Egg production; Nutrient reserves

Indexed keywords

WATER;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CULEX; DEHYDRATION; FEMALE; FOOD; LIFE CYCLE; LIPID METABOLISM; METABOLISM; PHYSIOLOGY; LIFE CYCLE STAGE;

ANIMALS; CARBOHYDRATE METABOLISM; CULEX; DEHYDRATION; FEMALE; FOOD; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; LIPID METABOLISM; WATER;

CULEX PIPIENS;

EID: 77955614027     PISSN: 00220949     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1242/jeb.044883     Document Type: Article

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