Context-specific variation in life history traits and behavior of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes

dc.contributor.authorVinauger, Clément en
dc.contributor.authorChandrasegaran, Karthikeyanen
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-13T20:10:21Zen
dc.date.available2025-01-13T20:10:21Zen
dc.date.issued2024-09-25en
dc.description.abstractAedes aegypti, the vector for dengue, chikungunya, yellow fever, and Zika, poses a growing global epidemiological risk. Despite extensive research on Ae. aegypti’s life history traits and behavior, critical knowledge gaps persist, particularly in integrating these findings across varied experimental contexts. The plasticity of Ae. aegypti’s traits throughout its life cycle allows dynamic responses to environmental changes, yet understanding these variations within heterogeneous study designs remains challenging. A critical aspect often overlooked is the impact of using lab-adapted lines of Ae. aegypti, which may have evolved under laboratory conditions, potentially altering their life history traits and behavioral responses compared to wild populations. Therefore, incorporating field-derived populations in experimental designs is essential to capture the natural variability and adaptability of Ae. aegypti. The relationship between larval growing conditions and adult traits and behavior is significantly influenced by the specific context in which mosquitoes are studied. Laboratory conditions may not replicate the ecological complexities faced by wild populations, leading to discrepancies in observed traits and behavior. These discrepancies highlight the need for ecologically relevant experimental conditions, allowing mosquito traits and behavior to reflect field distributions. One effective approach is semi-field studies involving field-collected mosquitoes housed for fewer generations in the lab under ecologically relevant conditions. This growing trend provides researchers with the desired control over experimental conditions while maintaining the genetic diversity of field populations. By focusing on variations in life history traits and behavioral plasticity within these varied contexts, this review highlights the intricate relationship between larval growing conditions and adult traits and behavior. It underscores the significance of transstadial effects and the necessity of adopting study designs and reporting practices that acknowledge plasticity in adult traits and behavior, considering variations due to larval rearing conditions. Embracing such approaches paves the way for a comprehensive understanding of contextual variations in mosquito life history traits and behavior. This integrated perspective enables the synthesis of research findings across laboratory, semi-field, and field-based investigations, which is crucial for devising targeted intervention strategies tailored to specific ecological contexts to combat the health threat posed by this formidable disease vector effectively.en
dc.description.versionPublished versionen
dc.format.extent13 page(s)en
dc.format.mimetypeapplication/pdfen
dc.identifierARTN 1426715 (Article number)en
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.3389/finsc.2024.1426715en
dc.identifier.eissn2673-8600en
dc.identifier.issn2673-8600en
dc.identifier.orcidVinauger Tella, Clement [0000-0002-3704-5427]en
dc.identifier.otherPMC11461241en
dc.identifier.pmid39386346en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10919/124169en
dc.identifier.volume4en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherFrontiersen
dc.relation.urihttps://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/39386346en
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution 4.0 Internationalen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/en
dc.subjectAedes aegyptien
dc.subjectcontext-specific variationen
dc.subjectlife history traitsen
dc.subjectbehavioral plasticityen
dc.subjecttransstadial effectsen
dc.titleContext-specific variation in life history traits and behavior of <i>Aedes aegypti</i> mosquitoesen
dc.title.serialFrontiers in Insect Scienceen
dc.typeArticle - Refereeden
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
dc.type.otherJournalen
dcterms.dateAccepted2024-08-19en
pubs.organisational-groupVirginia Techen
pubs.organisational-groupVirginia Tech/Agriculture & Life Sciencesen
pubs.organisational-groupVirginia Tech/Agriculture & Life Sciences/Biochemistryen
pubs.organisational-groupVirginia Tech/All T&R Facultyen
pubs.organisational-groupVirginia Tech/Agriculture & Life Sciences/CALS T&R Facultyen

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