ArticleJournal of medical entomology2018
Age and Body Size Influence Sperm Quantity in Male Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) Mosquitoes.
Article in Journal of medical entomology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.
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- Spatial and temporal population dynamics of male and female Aedes albopictus at a local scale in Medellín, Colombia.Parasites & vectors · 2021Article
- Male Age Influences Re-mating Incidence and Sperm Use in Females of the Dengue VectorFrontiers in physiology · 2021Article
- Proteins, Transcripts, and Genetic Architecture of Seminal Fluid and Sperm in the MosquitoMolecular & cellular proteomics : MCP · 2019Article
- Physiological and Environmental Factors Affecting the Composition of the Ejaculate in Mosquitoes and Other Insects.Insects · 2019Review
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Abstract
Aedes albopictus (Skuse) (Diptera: Culicidae) is a vector of several arboviruses impacting human health, including dengue, chikungunya, and potentially Zika. Vector control strategies that deploy modified males into the field are in use or under development and require a solid understanding of male biology; unfortunately, there has been limited effort to understand male Ae. albopictus reproductive biology, including sperm production and capacity. We tested whether body size and age affect spermatogenesis in Ae. albopictus. In general, older and larger males produced more sperm than their younger or smaller counterparts. Large males continued spermatogenesis well after 10-d post-eclosion (dpe), augmenting their reserves by 39%. By contrast, small males stopped producing sperm at 10 dpe. These results contribute to a deeper understanding of Ae. albopictus reproductive physiology. We discuss the usefulness of these findings in the context of Ae. albopictus life history and their utility in optimizing male mosquito release strategies.
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