Publisher Summary This chapter summarizes the work and various aspects of mosquito
genetics. Most of the advances in formal genetics have been made in culex and aedes. The …

Background Diseases caused by mosquito-borne pathogens remain an important source of
morbidity and mortality in Bangladesh. To better control the vectors that transmit the agents …

Triploids and male determination in the mosquito, Anopheles culicifacies Page 1 The Journal of
Heredity 70:345-346. 1979. Notes Triploids and male determination in the mosquito …

Cytological studies of the mitotic and meiotic karyotypes and the polytene salivary
chromosomes of Anopheles dirus, An. takasagoensis and An. balabacensis (Perlis form) …

The mitotic chromosome complements of Anopheles stephensi consist of 3 pairs. The sex-
chromosomes are identical in females (XX) and dimorphic in males, the smaller one being …

DNA values were determined for the nine species: Telmatoscopus meridionalis (family
Psychodidae), Dixa obscura (family Dixidae), and Culiseta litorea, Culex pipiens, Aedes …

Our article documents the presence of Aedes albopictus (Skuse) from urban and rural
locations in the lower Himalaya Mountains, northern Pakistan. Larvae were collected from …

Cytogenetic observations on an extensive material of the Anopheles culicifacies complex
from the Thenpennai river area, Tamil Nadu, South India show that the populations are …

Genetic analysis was performed on two polymorphic enzyme systems in the malaria vector,
Anopheles culicifacies Giles. The data indicate that both enzymes, octanol dehydrogenase …

A mutant, rose eye (re) in which both the ocellus and compound eye are a bright rose, was
discovered following treatment of Anopheles culicifacies Giles with 0.005 M ethyl …