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Am. J. Trop. Med. Hyg., 26(3), 1977, pp. 553-561
Copyright © 1977 by The American Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

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Sterility Introduced by Release of Genetically Altered Males to a Domestic Population of Aedes aegypti at the Kenya Coast

P. T. McDonald*, W. Hausermann{dagger} AND N. Lorimer{ddagger}
Mosquito Biology Unit, International Center of Insect Physiology and Ecology, Mombasa, Kenya, and Vector Biology Laboratory, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana 46556

The release of males heterozygous for one or two sex-linked translocations was effective in introducing a high level of sterility into a domestic population of Aedes aegypti at a Rabai village. The effect of the releases continued for several weeks after the release period.

Accepted for publication November 6, 1976.


* Present address: Department of Entomology, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720.


{dagger} Present address: Ciba-Geigy SA, Station d'essais Les Barges, 1890 Vouvry, Switzerland.


{ddagger} Present address: USDA Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station, Folwell Avenue, St. Paul, Minnesota 55101.







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