Article
Microsatellite analysis reveals remating by wild Mediterranean fruit fly females, Ceratitis capitata.
Molecular ecology - 1 Oct 2002
Bonizzoni M, Katsoyannos B I, Marguerie R, Guglielmino C R, Gasperi G, Malacrida A, Chapman T
Abstract excerpt
Accurate estimates of remating in wild female insects are required for an understanding of the causes of variation in remating between individuals, populations and species. Such estimates are also of profound importance for major economic fruit pests such as the Mediterranean fruit fly (Ceratitis capitata). A major method for the suppression of this pest is the sterile insect technique (SIT), which relies on...
Topics
- Animals
- Ceratitis capitata
- Female
- Genotype
- Male
- Microsatellite Repeats
- Pest Control, Biological
- Sexual Behavior, Animal