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Effects of ultraviolet radiation on metabolic rate and fitness of Aedes albopictus and Culex pipiens mosquitoes

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Effects of Larval Density and Nutrition on Some Attributes of Immature and Adult Aedesalbopictus

The influence of the larval density and the food amount on some attributes of the population of Aedes albopictus ... growth retardant effects, possibly excreted metabolic waste [31,35,38]. ... ... ... read more

Evolution of life in urban environments

A small number of studies suggest that industrial pollution can elevate mutation rates, but the pervasiveness of this effect is unknown ... on allele frequencies at one locus that provides a fitness ... read more

Burst mode pumping: A new mechanism of drinking in mosquitoes

Mosquitoes transport liquid foods into the body using two muscular ... Results from modeling demonstrate that burst mode pumping creates a very large pressure drop and high volume flow rate, but ... read more

Past SPROUT Projects

Due to the low survival rate of ovarian cancer, we want to focus on the development ... In addition, we have incorporated UV LEDs for entrainment, red LEDs for optogenetics as well as a solenoid ... read more

Metabolic Rate in Female Culex tarsalis (Diptera: Culicidae) : Age, Size, Activity, and Feeding Effects

We used flow-through respirometry on female mosquitoes to observe individual ventilatory pattern and to measure metabolic rate at rest, during activity and after a blood-meal. At rest, young adult ... read more

Can fungal biopesticides control malaria?

Moreover, the daily mortality rate of mosquitoes infected with both fungus and malaria increased compared with insects infected with just the fungus from day 11. The deleterious effects of sub ... ... read more

Effects of ultraviolet radiation on metabolic rate and fitness of Aedes albopictus and Culex pipiens mosquitoes

A peer-reviewed article of this Preprint also exists. This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, ... read more