Male mating competitiveness of a Wolbachia-introgressed Aedes polynesiensis strain under semi-field conditions

PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2011, Pages

  Chambers, Eric W ^a   Hapairai, Limb ^b   Peel, Bethany A ^a   Bossin, Hervé ^b   Dobson, Stephen L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY   (United States)

^b INSTITUT LOUIS MALARDÉ   (French Polynesia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEDES; AEDES POLYNESIENSIS; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; DISEASE CARRIER; EGG; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FEMALE; GENDER; HATCHING; INSECT CONTROL; INTROGRESSION; MALE; MALE MATING COMPETITIVENESS; MATING; NONHUMAN; PROGENY; SPERMATHECA; WILD TYPE; WOLBACHIA; ANIMAL; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; DISEASE TRANSMISSION; LYMPHATIC FILARIASIS; METHODOLOGY; MICROBIOLOGY; MOSQUITO; PHYSIOLOGY; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR;

AEDES; ANIMALS; COMPETITIVE BEHAVIOR; EGGS; ELEPHANTIASIS, FILARIAL; FEMALE; INSECT VECTORS; MALE; MOSQUITO CONTROL; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; WOLBACHIA;

EID: 80052426170     PISSN: 19352727     EISSN: 19352735     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0001271     Document Type: Article

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