Thesis
Sex determination and sex ration distortion in the mosquito Aedes aegypti
- Abstract:
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Aedes aegypti is one of the most important mosquito vectors of human disease, transmitting dengue, Chikungunya and yellow fever viruses. New control methods are much needed for this species and an ability to skew sex ratios toward males would be very useful for a number of strategies. In this study, male-specific chromosomal regions were searched for in Ae. aegypti using novel approaches such as microdissection of chromosomes. The sex determination pathway of Ae. aegy...
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Bibliographic Details
- Publication date:
- 2010
- Type of award:
- DPhil
- Level of award:
- Doctoral
- Awarding institution:
- University of Oxford
Item Description
- Language:
- English
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- Subjects:
- UUID:
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- Local pid:
- ora:9116
- Deposit date:
- 2014-10-15
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- Copyright holder:
- Teo, T
- Copyright date:
- 2010
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