Adaptive Developmental Delay in Chagas Disease Vectors: An Evolutionary Ecology Approach
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Adaptive Developmental Delay in Chagas Disease Vectors: An Evolutionary Ecology Approach
BACKGROUND The developmental time of vector insects is important in population dynamics, evolutionary biology, epidemiology and in their responses to global climatic change. In the triatomines (Triatominae, Reduviidae), vectors of Chagas disease, evolutionary ecology concepts, which may allow for a better understanding of their biology, have not been applied. Despite delay in the molting in som...
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عنوان ژورنال: PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases
سال: 2010
ISSN: 1935-2735
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0000691