Evidence for a Naturally Occurring Inhibitor of Oviposition in Aedes aegypti1
- 17 July 1978
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Annals of the Entomological Society of America
- Vol. 71 (4) , 473-475
- https://doi.org/10.1093/aesa/71.4.473
Abstract
Gravid virgin females of the BWAMBA strain, recently colonized in the laboratory, rarely oviposit. In contrast, ROCK females, a strain colonized for more than 30 yr, exhibit a high incidence of oviposition before insemination. F1 females from crosses of the 2 strains are more like BWAMBA virgins than ROCK, i.e., they lay few eggs. Extracts from BWAMBA females injected into virgin ROCK females inhibit oviposition. We suggest that the lack of oviposition by BWAMBA and F1 virgins is caused by the presence of a naturally occurring, genetically controlled, endogenous inhibitor.This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: