Male Aedes aegypti mosquitoes use JH III transferred during copulation to influence previtellogenic ovary physiology and affect the reproductive output of female mosquitoes

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 64, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 40-47

  Clifton, Mark E ^a   Correa, Stefano ^a   Rivera Perez, Crisalejandra ^a   Nouzova, Marcela ^a   Noriega, Fernando G ^a  

^a FLORIDA INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Juvenile hormone; Mosquito; Oosorption; Reproduction; Sugar feeding

Indexed keywords

COPULATION; EGG DEVELOPMENT; FECUNDITY; FEMALE; HORMONE; JUVENILE; LIPID; MALE; MOSQUITO; REPRODUCTIVE BIOLOGY; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SUGAR;

JUVENILE HORMONE III; SESQUITERPENE;

AEDES; ANIMAL; COPULATION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALE; MALE GENITAL SYSTEM; OOCYTE; OVARY; PHYSIOLOGY;

AEDES; ANIMALS; COPULATION; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENITALIA, MALE; MALE; OOCYTES; OVARY; SESQUITERPENES;

EID: 84897436164     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2014.03.006     Document Type: Article

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