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THE INCORPORATION OF LABORATORY-REARED GENETIC MATERIAL INTO A FIELD POPULATION OF THE AUSTRALIAN SHEEP BLOWFLY, LUCILIA CUPRINA (DIPTERA: CALLIPHORIDAE)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

M. J. Whitten ,
G. G. Foster  and
R. L. Kitching
M. J. Whitten
Affiliation:
Division of Entomology, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Canberra City, A.C.T., Australia
G. G. Foster
Affiliation:
Division of Entomology, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Canberra City, A.C.T., Australia
R. L. Kitching
Affiliation:
Division of Entomology, Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization, Canberra City, A.C.T., Australia
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Abstract

Competitiveness of laboratory-reared Lucilia cuprina (Wied.) has been examined under field conditions. The separate release of males and females each marked genetically and with fluorescent dust permitted estimates of dispersal, survival and mating competitiveness for both sexes. The ability of males to seek mates and introduce marker genes into a field population did not appear to be impaired as a result of several years of laboratory colonization. Released females were readily inseminated though suitable conditions did not exist for adequate assessment of their ability to produce offspring.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 105 , Issue 6 , June 1973 , pp. 893 - 901
Copyright
Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1973

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