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| Scott, T.W.; Rasgon, J.L.; Black IV, W.C.; Gould, F.. |
| In the near future, population biologists will be increasingly called upon to assess the potential of a large number of different genetically modified mosquito (GMM) strains to reduce pathogen transmission by natural mosquito populations. Adopting a standardized methodology for GMM fitness assessment will allow researchers to compare results from different laboratories and rapidly identify constructs and GMM strains that are most likely to be of applied use in the field. In this article we provide an operational definition for fitness, review the complexity of fitness, discuss lessons that can be learned from past genetic-based mosquito control programmes, and propose a methodology for rapidly and effectively assessing the fitness of GMMs compared to... |
| Tipo: Conference proceedings |
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| Ano: 2005 |
URL: http://library.wur.nl/ojs/index.php/frontis/article/view/1196 |
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