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Small females prefer small males: size assortative mating in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes

BACKGROUND: With Aedes aegypti mosquitoes now being released in field programmes aimed at disease suppression, there is interest in identifying factors influencing the mating and invasion success of released mosquitoes. One factor that can increase release success is size: released males may benefit...

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Autores principales: Callahan, Ashley G., Ross, Perran A., Hoffmann, Ary A.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6090812/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/30068363
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s13071-018-3028-9