P32-Labeled Semen for Mosquito Mating Studies2
- 1 October 1964
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Economic Entomology
- Vol. 57 (5) , 669-672
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/57.5.669
Abstract
Radioactive semen of male Anopheles quadrimaculatus Say and Aedes aegypti (L.), reared in media containing 0.1, 0.25, and 0.5 μ.c/ml of radiophosphorus per larva, was detected in the spermathecae of their mates after copulation. The radioautographic techniques employed for detection of semen from treated males can be utilized in field investigations of mosquito-mating behavior. Futhermore, male A. quadrimaculatus sterililed by tepa after semen tagging with radiophosphorus were competitivc with untreated males for mates among untreated females.This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: