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Differential effects of inbreeding and selection on male reproductive phenotype associated with the colonization and laboratory maintenance of Anopheles gambiae.
Malaria journal - 13 Jan 2014
Baeshen Rowida, Ekechukwu Nkiru E, Toure Mahamoudou, Paton Doug, Coulibaly Mamadou, Traoré Sékou F, Tripet Frédéric
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Effective mating between laboratory-reared males and wild females is paramount to the success of vector control strategies aiming to decrease disease transmission via the release of sterile or genetically modified male mosquitoes. However mosquito colonization and laboratory maintenance have the potential to negatively affect male genotypic and phenotypic quality through inbreeding and selection,...
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