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Biological sciences: Further Studies on Consecutive Matings in the Anopheles gambiae Complex

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THE Anopheles gambiae complex consists of at least five closely related species; three of these pass their aquatic stages in fresh water and are provisionally designated A. gambiae A, A. gambiae B and A. gambiae C, and two are salt water breeders, A. melas and A. merus1. Crosses between any two of these species produce an F1 generation in which the males are sterile. It has been suggested that release of these males be used to control the member species of this complex1,2. For such males to be effective in reducing a natural population it is essential that females which have mated with the sterile males do not subsequently become inseminated by normal males.

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BRYAN, J. Biological sciences: Further Studies on Consecutive Matings in the Anopheles gambiae Complex. Nature 239, 519–520 (1972). https://doi.org/10.1038/239519a0

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