Male mating biology.
Male mating biology.
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DOI：
10.1186/1475-2875-8-s2-s8
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发表时间：
2009-11-16
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3
通讯作者：
Knols BG
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作者：
Howell PI;Knols BG
在释放无菌质量饲养的蚊子以控制局部人群之前，需要阐明男性交配生物学的许多方面。两性在时空，男性大小和交配成功的相关性以及竞技场的成功方面的相关性方面存在较大的知识差距。蚊子无菌昆虫技术（SIT）项目的先前失败与对局部交配行为的了解不足或在殖民和长期质量饲养过程中选择有害表型有关。仔细选择交配特征必须与密集的现场试验相结合，以确保表型特征与释放的雄性中的寿命，分散或交配行为不拮抗。即使殖民载体的竞争力较低，也取得了成功，部分原因是广泛的现场试验以确保交配兼容性和有效的分散。在其他双翅目中男性交配生物学的研究改善了操作SIT计划的成功。促成因素包括性别间选择，基于信息素的吸引力，检测局部交配行为改变的能力以及长期定植对交配竞争力的影响。尽管在其他SIT计划中取得了长足的进步，但这种知识可能对肛门线而言并不是引人入胜的，这导致该领域的研究最近有所增加。
Before sterile mass-reared mosquitoes are released in an attempt to control local populations, many facets of male mating biology need to be elucidated. Large knowledge gaps exist in how both sexes meet in space and time, the correlation of male size and mating success and in which arenas matings are successful. Previous failures in mosquito sterile insect technique (SIT) projects have been linked to poor knowledge of local mating behaviours or the selection of deleterious phenotypes during colonisation and long-term mass rearing. Careful selection of mating characteristics must be combined with intensive field trials to ensure phenotypic characters are not antagonistic to longevity, dispersal, or mating behaviours in released males. Success has been achieved, even when colonised vectors were less competitive, due in part to extensive field trials to ensure mating compatibility and effective dispersal. The study of male mating biology in other dipterans has improved the success of operational SIT programmes. Contributing factors include inter-sexual selection, pheromone based attraction, the ability to detect alterations in local mating behaviours, and the effects of long-term colonisation on mating competitiveness. Although great strides have been made in other SIT programmes, this knowledge may not be germane to anophelines, and this has led to a recent increase in research in this area.