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<i>Wolbachia</i> Establishment and Invasion in an <i>Aedes aegypti</i> Laboratory Population
13 Oct 2005
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A proposed strategy to aid in controlling the growing burden of vector-borne disease is population replacement, in which a natural vector population is replaced by a population with a reduced capacity for disease transmission. An important component of such a strategy is the drive system, which serves to spread a desired genotype into the targeted field population. Endosymbiotic Wolbachia bacteria are potential...
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