Article
Desiccation resistance among subpopulations of Anopheles gambiae s.s. from Selinkenyi, Mali.
Journal of medical entomology - 1 Mar 2009
Lee Yoosook, Meneses Claudio R, Fofana Abdrahamane, Lanzaro Gregory C
Abstract excerpt
Certain forms of Anopheles gambiae s.s. actively maintain malaria transmission in the driest areas and months of the year because of considerable drought tolerance. We monitored desiccation resistance of F1 offspring of both the M and S forms of field-collected An. gambiae s.s. Our results indicate that the geographic cline in the distribution of the two forms, as observed in Mali, corresponds to a physiological...
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