
Keywords: population displacement
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Field trial of competitive displacement of Aedes-polynesiensis by Aedes-albopictus on a Pacific atollL. Rosen, L. E. Rozeboom, W. C. Reeves, J. Saugrain and D. J. Gubler, American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 25:906-913. 1976.![]() Prior laboratory studies and field observations suggested that it might be possible to reduce the size of the population of, or eliminate, Aedes polynesiensis by the introduction of Aedes albopictus. The former mosquito is the principal vector of nonperiodic filariasis caused by ... Keywords: gene drive ecology, gene drive natural, mosquito, population displacement, population replacement |

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