Article
Behaviour and fitness of gamma HCH/dieldrin resistant and susceptible female Anopheles gambiae and An.stephensi mosquitoes in the absence of insecticide.
Medical and veterinary entomology - 1 Apr 1991
Rowland M
Abstract excerpt
The effects of gamma HCH/dieldrin resistance genes on various fitness components of mosquito larvae and adult females in the absence of insecticide were investigated in backcrossed strains of Anopheles gambiae Giles and An.stephensi Liston. Among larvae, heterozygotes (RS) developed slightly but...
Topics
- Animals
- Anopheles
- Behavior, Animal
- Circadian Rhythm
- Dieldrin
- Female
- Fertility
- Flight, Animal
- Genotype
- Heterozygote
- Hexachlorocyclohexane
- Homozygote
- Insecticide Resistance
