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Genetic Variations in Bionomics of Culex quinquefasciatus (Diptera: Culicidae) Mosquito Population in Minna, North Central Nigeria

The need to have an improved knowledge on the bioecology of Culex quinquefasciatus, a prerequisite in the development of cost-effective control strategies, has informed the present preliminary investigation to put in better perspective variations that exist in the egg rafts of the species. Freshly l...

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Autores principales: Ukubuiwe, Azubuike C., Olayemi, Israel K., Jibrin, Aisha I.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Libertas Academica 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4799851/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27013900
http://dx.doi.org/10.4137/IJIS.S32516
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Olayemi, Israel K.
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description The need to have an improved knowledge on the bioecology of Culex quinquefasciatus, a prerequisite in the development of cost-effective control strategies, has informed the present preliminary investigation to put in better perspective variations that exist in the egg rafts of the species. Freshly laid egg rafts were collected and incubated at ambient temperature in well-labeled plastic trays. The results showed overall inconsistency in all indices monitored for the egg rafts. Generally, survivorship was high for the species. All immature stage and adult parameters measured varied significantly among the egg rafts and between/within sexes of the species. Therefore, this study suggests the presence of inherent variation in the bionomics of egg rafts of C. quinquefasciatus, probably influenced by the environment and hence underscores the need for additional studies to further elucidate the roles of genetics and environment in vectorial competence of the species, in order to develop robust sustainable mosquito vector control protocols.
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spelling pubmed-47998512016-03-24 Genetic Variations in Bionomics of Culex quinquefasciatus (Diptera: Culicidae) Mosquito Population in Minna, North Central Nigeria Ukubuiwe, Azubuike C. Olayemi, Israel K. Jibrin, Aisha I. Int J Insect Sci Original Research The need to have an improved knowledge on the bioecology of Culex quinquefasciatus, a prerequisite in the development of cost-effective control strategies, has informed the present preliminary investigation to put in better perspective variations that exist in the egg rafts of the species. Freshly laid egg rafts were collected and incubated at ambient temperature in well-labeled plastic trays. The results showed overall inconsistency in all indices monitored for the egg rafts. Generally, survivorship was high for the species. All immature stage and adult parameters measured varied significantly among the egg rafts and between/within sexes of the species. Therefore, this study suggests the presence of inherent variation in the bionomics of egg rafts of C. quinquefasciatus, probably influenced by the environment and hence underscores the need for additional studies to further elucidate the roles of genetics and environment in vectorial competence of the species, in order to develop robust sustainable mosquito vector control protocols. Libertas Academica 2016-03-03 /pmc/articles/PMC4799851/ /pubmed/27013900 http://dx.doi.org/10.4137/IJIS.S32516 Text en © 2016 the author(s), publisher and licensee Libertas Academica Ltd. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons CC-BY-NC 3.0 License.
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Ukubuiwe, Azubuike C.
Olayemi, Israel K.
Jibrin, Aisha I.
Genetic Variations in Bionomics of Culex quinquefasciatus (Diptera: Culicidae) Mosquito Population in Minna, North Central Nigeria
title Genetic Variations in Bionomics of Culex quinquefasciatus (Diptera: Culicidae) Mosquito Population in Minna, North Central Nigeria
title_full Genetic Variations in Bionomics of Culex quinquefasciatus (Diptera: Culicidae) Mosquito Population in Minna, North Central Nigeria
title_fullStr Genetic Variations in Bionomics of Culex quinquefasciatus (Diptera: Culicidae) Mosquito Population in Minna, North Central Nigeria
title_full_unstemmed Genetic Variations in Bionomics of Culex quinquefasciatus (Diptera: Culicidae) Mosquito Population in Minna, North Central Nigeria
title_short Genetic Variations in Bionomics of Culex quinquefasciatus (Diptera: Culicidae) Mosquito Population in Minna, North Central Nigeria
title_sort genetic variations in bionomics of culex quinquefasciatus (diptera: culicidae) mosquito population in minna, north central nigeria
topic Original Research
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4799851/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27013900
http://dx.doi.org/10.4137/IJIS.S32516
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