Mosquito mating behaviour

Bridging Laboratory and Field Research for Genetic Control of Disease Vectors

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 183-188

  Takken, Willem ^a   Costantini, Carlo ^b   Dolo, Guimogo ^c   Hassanali, Ahmed ^d   Sagnon, N'Fale ^b   Osir, Eli ^d  

^a WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b Burkina Faso   (Burkina Faso)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BAMAKO   (Mali)

^d INTERNATIONAL CENTRE OF INSECT PHYSIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY ICIPE   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Culicidae; Fitness; Gene; Multiple mating; Sperm; Swarming

Indexed keywords

EID: 84900153989     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/1-4020-3799-6_17     Document Type: Chapter

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