Fluctuation of Fertility with Number in a Real Insect Population and a Virtual Population

M.L. Herbert; M.G. Lewis

doi:10.4001/003.021.0113

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M.L. Herbert,^1,* M.G. Lewis²

¹1Volunteer Department, Pinellas County Health Department, 205 Dr M.L. King Street North, Saint Peter
²2Clinical Pathology, USF College of Medicine, 12901 Bruce B. Downs Blvd, MDC 2, Tampa, Florida 33612

^*Author for correspondence. E-mail: mlherbert@aol.com

Abstract

Real fruit fly fertility increases with average consanguinity thus decreasing with population size in a pattern that is modelled successfully with a virtual population. This invites the deliberate manipulation of wild insect populations for the control of vectors of human disease.

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M.L. Herbert and M.G. Lewis "Fluctuation of Fertility with Number in a Real Insect Population and a Virtual Population," African Entomology 21(1), 119-125, (1 March 2013). https://doi.org/10.4001/003.021.0113

Accepted: 12 October 2012; Published: 1 March 2013