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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
P. T. McDonald
Mosquito Biology Unit, International Center of Insect Physiology and Ecology, Vector Biology Laboratory, University of Notre Dame, Mombasa, Kenya
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W. Hausermann
W. Hausermann
Mosquito Biology Unit, International Center of Insect Physiology and Ecology, Vector Biology Laboratory, University of Notre Dame, Mombasa, Kenya
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N. Lorimer
N. Lorimer
Mosquito Biology Unit, International Center of Insect Physiology and Ecology, Vector Biology Laboratory, University of Notre Dame, Mombasa, Kenya
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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.
Author Notes
Present address: Department of Entomology, University of California, Berkeley, California 94720.
Present address: Ciba-Geigy SA, Station d'essais Les Barges, 1890 Vouvry, Switzerland.
Present address: USDA Forest Service, North Central Forest Experiment Station, Folwell Avenue, St. Paul, Minnesota 55101.
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