Article
Fitness costs of <i>Wolbachia</i> shift in locally‐adapted <i>Aedes aegypti</i> mosquitoes
6 Oct 2022
Abstract excerpt
Aedes aegypti mosquito eggs can remain quiescent for many months before hatching, allowing populations to persist through unfavourable conditions. A. aegypti infected with the Wolbachia strain wMel have been released in tropical and subtropical regions for dengue control. wMel reduces the viability of quiescent eggs, but this physiological cost might be expected to evolve in natural mosquito populations that...
Read the complete abstract on PubMedTopics
Share this publication in a Topic to start or enrich a Post.
