Population genetic analysis of host seeking and resting behaviors in the malaria vector, Anopheles balabacensis (Diptera: Culicidae).

doi:10.1093/jmedent/28.5.675

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Population genetic analysis of host seeking and resting behaviors in the malaria vector, Anopheles balabacensis (Diptera: Culicidae).

Journal of medical entomology - 1 Sept 1991

Hii J L, Chew M, Sang V Y, Munstermann L E, Tan S G, Panyim S, Yasothornsrikul S

Abstract excerpt

During the intermonsoon period from mid-September to mid-October 1986, wild-caught Anopheles balabacensis Baisas females were marked and released in a host-choice experiment. Association between capture and recapture of marked mosquitoes from human and bovid hosts and blood meal host identificati...

Topics

Animals
Anopheles
Behavior, Animal
Buffaloes
DNA
Feeding Behavior
Female
Genetic Variation
Humans
Insect Vectors
Malaria
Polymorphism, Restriction Fragment Length

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