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SPERM DEPLETION IN CHEMOSTERILIZED AND NORMAL MALES OF THE YELLOW FEVER MOSQUITO, AEDES AEGYPTI1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

V. P. Sharma  and
K. S. Rai
V. P. Sharma
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana
K. S. Rai
Affiliation:
Department of Biology, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana
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Abstract

The apholate-sterilized males of Aedes aegypti deplete their sperm earlier than the normal males. This indicates reduced fecundity of the sterilized mosquitoes and may result from either death of gonial cells at different stages of development or an inhibited rate of spermatogenesis.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 99 , Issue 10 , October 1967 , pp. 1116 - 1118
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1967

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