Article
Capacity of mosquitoes to transmit malaria depends on larval environment.
Parasites & vectors - 14 Dec 2014
Moller-Jacobs Lillian L, Murdock Courtney C, Thomas Matthew B
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Adult traits of holometabolous insects such as reproduction and survival can be shaped by conditions experienced during larval development. These "carry-over" effects influence not only individual life history and fitness, but can also impact interactions between insect hosts and parasites. Despite this, the implications of larval conditions for the transmission of human, wildlife and plant diseases...
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