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Pecten spine number has been studied in larvae of Aedes aegypti exposed during development to low temperatures or to DDT at the fourth instar, both of which caused substantial mortality. But neither contingency caused stabilising selection for spine number, in contrast to what was observed in a previous study when larvae were exposed to scum on the surface of the rearing medium. — Two larval colour morphs, yellow and brown, did not differ in spine number.
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Wood, R.J. The effect of DDT and rearing temperature on pecten spine number in larvae of the mosquito Aedes aegypti L.. Genetica 46, 45–48 (1990). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00122516
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00122516