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Radiation-induced sterility for pupal and adult stages of the malaria mosquito Anopheles arabiensis

BACKGROUND: In the context of the Sterile Insect Technique (SIT), radiation-induced sterility in the malaria mosquito Anopheles arabiensis Patton (Diptera: Culicidae) was studied. Male mosquitoes were exposed to gamma rays in the pupal or adult stage and dose-sterility curves were determined. METHOD...

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Autores principales: Helinski, Michelle EH, Parker, Andrew G, Knols, Bart GJ
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2006
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1475870/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/16700906
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-5-41