Larval diet-mediated morphological trait and Wolbachia density variation in Wolbachia-transinfected (wMel and wAlbB) and Wolbachia-free Aedes aegypti mosquitoes
Aravind Revi, Yazhini Gunasekaran, Vidhya Pachalil Thiruvoth, Amala Ramasamy, Waseema Arif, Manimaran Kuppusamy, Devi Venugopal, Kayalvizhi Ebinezar, Esther Bakianathan, Alosia Essoudasse, Pavithra Parandamane, Amrutha Vijayan, Tamilselvan Anbazhagan, Esther Nirmala Mary, Hemasankar Ramkumar, Ananga · 2026
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Description
Mosquitoes that carry a helpful bacterium are bred and freed to cut the spread of dengue and like diseases. Aravind Revi and co-authors ask how baby food shapes those mosquitoes in a 2026 study. They rear the dengue mosquito, with and without the bacterium, on four larval diets.
Diets ranged from fish feed to mushroom powder and dog biscuit with yeast. The team weighed adults, measured wings, and counted the bacterium inside two bred strains. Female wing size shifted with diet, strain, and generation in a tangled way. Male traits hinged mostly on diet. The results can help rearers pick feeds that keep released mosquitoes fit.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Aravind Revi, Yazhini Gunasekaran, Vidhya Pachalil Thiruvoth, Amala Ramasamy, Waseema Arif, Manimaran Kuppusamy, Devi Venugopal, Kayalvizhi Ebinezar, Esther Bakianathan, Alosia Essoudasse, Pavithra Parandamane, Amrutha Vijayan, Tamilselvan Anbazhagan, Esther Nirmala Mary, Hemasankar Ramkumar, Ananga |
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| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 44 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |