Inbred Strains of Culex Mosquitoes
- 18 July 1952
- journal article
- research article
- Published by American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Science
- Vol. 116 (3003) , 66-67
- https://doi.org/10.1126/science.116.3003.66
Abstract
The variable results often reported in exptl. work on resistance of mosquitoes to insecticides may well be due to the genetic variability of the test animals. To lessen such variability, brother-sister matings have been conducted for 12 generations for Culex pipiens from Urbana, Ill., and 20 generations for C. quinquefasciatus from Galveston, Tex. The C. pipiens should now be 95%, and the C. quinquefasciatus, 98% homozygous. Both spp. breed readily in small cages, require a blood-meal before ovipositing, and prefer bird-blood to human. C. quinquefasciatus shows no seasonal breeding-cycle; Culex ceases breeding in winter unless furnished with continuous illumination.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit: