Impact of mating behaviour on the success of malaria control through a single inundative release of transgenic mosquitoes

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 347, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 33-43

  Boete C ^a   Agusto, F B ^b   Reeves, R G ^c  

^a Aix Marseille University IRD 190 Inserm 1207   (France)

^b AUSTIN PEAY STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c MAX PLANCK INSTITUTE FOR EVOLUTIONARY BIOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Assortative mating; Malaria; Mosquito; Transgenics; Vector borne diseases

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ASSORTATIVE MATING; DISEASE CONTROL; DISEASE PREVALENCE; DISEASE VECTOR; EPIDEMIOLOGY; GENE; MALARIA; MATING BEHAVIOR; MODELING; MOSQUITO; POPULATION GENETICS;

ALLELE; ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; ARTICLE; ASSORTATIVE MATING; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DISASSORTATIVE MATING; FEMALE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; HOMOZYGOTE; INSECT GENOME; MALARIA; MALARIA CONTROL; MALE; MATE CHOICE; MATING; MOSQUITO; NONHUMAN; PREVALENCE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SEX DIFFERENCE; SEXUAL SELECTION; SPECIES INVASION; TRANSGENIC ORGANISM;

ASSORTATIVE MATING; MALARIA; MOSQUITO; TRANSGENICS; VECTOR-BORNE DISEASES;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; CULICIDAE; FEMALE; MALARIA; MALE; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL;

EID: 84893478977     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2014.01.010     Document Type: Article

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