Transporting the Marker Gene re (Red Eye) into a Laboratory Cage Population of Aedes Aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae), Using Meiotic Drive at the MD Locus
- 24 December 1977
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Journal of Medical Entomology
- Vol. 14 (4) , 461-464
- https://doi.org/10.1093/jmedent/14.4.461
Abstract
An attempt has been made to use the meiotic drive gene MD to transport a marker re (red eye) into a laboratory population of the mosquito Aedes aegypti. The experiment produced an increase in re frequency, but also indicated that this gene has unexpectedly high fitness in the laboratory. The need for field estimates of fitness is indicated.This publication has 7 references indexed in Scilit:
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