Cost of mating and insemination capacity of a genetically modified mosquito Aedes aegypti OX513A compared to its wild type counterpart

PLoS ONE

Volumn 6, Issue 10, 2011, Pages

  Bargielowski, Irka ^a,b   Alphey, Luke ^b,c   Koella, Jacob C ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b OXITEC LIMITED   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

TETRACYCLINE;

AEDES AEGYPTI; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL INSEMINATION; BIOENERGY; BREEDING LINE; CONTROLLED STUDY; COURTSHIP; LIFESPAN; LONGEVITY; MATING SYSTEM; MATING TYPE; NONHUMAN; POSITIVE FEEDBACK; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SPERMATOGENESIS; STRAIN DIFFERENCE; TRANSGENIC ORGANISM; WILD TYPE; AEDES; ANIMAL; BODY SIZE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FEMALE; GENETICS; MALE; PHYSIOLOGY; REST; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

AEDES AEGYPTI; HEXAPODA;

AEDES; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; BODY SIZE; FEMALE; INSEMINATION; LONGEVITY; MALE; REST; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 80053987563     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0026086     Document Type: Article

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