Comparison of male reproductive success in malaria-refractory and susceptible strains of Anopheles gambiae

BACKGROUND: In female mosquitoes that transmit malaria, the benefits of being refractory to the Plasmodium parasite are balanced by the immunity costs in the absence of infection. Male mosquitoes, however, gain no advantage from being refractory to blood-transmitted parasites, so that any costs asso...

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Autores principales: Voordouw, Maarten J, Koella, Jacob C, Hurd, Hilary
Formato: Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2008
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2438369/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18534029
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-7-103

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2438369/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18534029
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1475-2875-7-103

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