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IT has been shown that in Aedes aegypti1,2, three forms (pipiens, fatigans and molestus) of the Culex pipiens complex3, and Anopheles gambiae4, one male is capable of inseminating more than one female. On the other hand, in C. fatigans and C. molestus, one female is fertilized by only one male3. Multiple mating of the female has been reported in Aedes aegypti2,5 and inferred in Anopheles albimanus6; but it is not certain whether multiple insemination was consequently accomplished. Mating in mosquitoes may sometimes be ineffective, resulting in no discharge of spermatozoa into the spermatheca4. The following observations were undertaken to test whether one Anopheles gambiae female may be inseminated by more than one male.
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GOMA, L. Tests for Multiple Insemination in Anopheles gambiae Giles. Nature 197, 99–100 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1038/197099a0
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