Author Type

Graduate Student

Date of Award

1978

Document Type

Thesis

Publication Status

Version of Record

Submission Date

October 2026

Abstract

Two reproductive types of females, autogenous and anautogenous, occur in the same population of the tideland mosquito Aedes taeniorhynchus. Previous theories contend that one form may disperse greater distances from the breeding site than the other. This study tested whether one type of female was more prevalent in inland areas than coastal. This was done by checking the autogeny rates of the progeny of the females collected from inland and coastal areas. The results showed that the F1 progeny of inland caught females were not significantly different from the coastal females within any given month of the breeding season. Both types of females in similar ratios are found in inland and coastal areas and there is no apparent geographic difference in their dispersal.

Extent

61 p.

Comments

Thesis (M.S.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1978.|Charles E. Schmidt College of Science|FAU Electronic Theses and Dissertations Collection|Thesis (M.S.)--Florida Atlantic University, 1978.

Identifier

FADT13903

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