Effects of inbreeding and genetic modification on Aedes aegypti larval competition and adult energy reserves
Open Access
- 1 January 2010
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Springer Nature in Parasites & Vectors
- Vol. 3 (1) , 92
Abstract
Genetic modification of mosquitoes offers a promising strategy for the prevention and control of mosquito-borne diseases. For such a strategy to be effective, it is critically important that engineered strains are competitive enough to serve their intended function in population replacement or reduction of wild mosquitoes in nature. Thus far, fitness evaluations of genetically modified strains have not addressed the effects of competition among the aquatic stages and its consequences for adult fitness. We therefore tested the competitive success of combinations of wild, inbred and transgenic (created in the inbred background) immature stages of the dengue vector Aedes aegypti in the presence of optimal and sub-optimal larval diets.Keywords
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