Naturally Occurring Incompatibilities between Different Culex pipiens pallens Populations as the Basis of Potential Mosquito Control Measures

Lin Chen; Changliang Zhu; Donghui Zhang

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0002030

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Naturally Occurring Incompatibilities between Different Culex pipiens pallens Populations as the Basis of Potential Mosquito Control Measures

Lin Chen,

Affiliations Department of Pathogen Biology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, P. R. China, Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory of Modern Pathogen Biology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, P. R. China
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Changliang Zhu,

Affiliations Department of Pathogen Biology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, P. R. China, Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory of Modern Pathogen Biology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, P. R. China
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Donghui Zhang

* E-mail: donghuizhang2004@gmail.com

Affiliations Department of Pathogen Biology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, P. R. China, Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory of Modern Pathogen Biology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, P. R. China
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Naturally Occurring Incompatibilities between Different Culex pipiens pallens Populations as the Basis of Potential Mosquito Control Measures

Lin Chen,
Changliang Zhu,
Donghui Zhang

Published: January 31, 2013
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0002030

About the Authors

Lin Chen

Affiliations Department of Pathogen Biology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, P. R. China, Jiangsu Province Key Laboratory of Modern Pathogen Biology, Nanjing Medical University, Nanjing, Jiangsu, P. R. China

Changliang Zhu

Donghui Zhang

* E-mail: donghuizhang2004@gmail.com

Competing Interests

The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: DZ. Performed the experiments: LC DZ. Analyzed the data: LC DZ. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: CZ. Wrote the paper: LC DZ.

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