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Colonized Aedes albopictus and its sexual performance in the wild: implications for SIT technology and containment
15 Jul 2013
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BACKGROUND: Mating is a physiological process of crucial importance underlying the size and maintenance of mosquito populations. In sterile and incompatible insect technologies (SIT and IIT), mating is essential for mass production, persistence, and success of released individuals, and is a central parameter for judging the effectiveness of SIT/IIT programs. Some mosquitoes have an enormous reproductive potential...
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