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Behavioural determinants of gene flow in malaria vector populations: Anopheles gambiae males select large females as mates

BACKGROUND: Plasmodium-refractory mosquitoes are being rapidly developed for malaria control but will only succeed if they can successfully compete for mates when released into the wild. Pre-copulatory behavioural traits maintain genetic population structure in wild mosquito populations and mating b...

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Autores principales: Okanda, FM, Dao, A, Njiru, BN, Arija, J, Akelo, HA, Touré, Y, Odulaja, A, Beier, JC, Githure, JI, Yan, G, Gouagna, LC, Knols, BGJ, Killeen, GF
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2002
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC140138/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/12296972
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-1-10