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On the Role of Blood in Ovulation in Aëdes aegypti, Linn

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  10 July 2009

D. N. Roy
D. N. Roy
Affiliation:
From the Laboratory of Medical Entomology, London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
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The intimate association between a blood meal and ovulation in all female mosquitos, with the exception of a few (de Buck, Roubaud) has been clearly recognised; but the peculiar manner in which the presence of blood in the stomach can influence the formation of eggs is not understood. Two explanations may be suggested: it may either act as a physico-chemical stimulus to the ovarian follicles, or certain constituents in the blood may furnish some nutrient material for the development of the eggs.

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Original Articles
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Bulletin of Entomological Research , Volume 27 , Issue 3 , September 1936 , pp. 423 - 429
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1936

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