Heng Lin Yeap

Mitochondrial DNA variants help monitor the dynamics of Wolbachia invasion into host populations

HL Yeap, G Rasic, NM Endersby-Harshman, SF Lee, E Arguni, H Le Nguyen, AA Hoffmann

Journal article  |  2016  |  HEREDITY

Wolbachia is the most widespread endosymbiotic bacterium of insects and other arthropods that can rapidly invade host populations...

Larval Competition Extends Developmental Time and Decreases Adult Size of wMelPop Wolbachia-Infected Aedes aegypti

Perran A Ross, Nancy M Endersby, Heng Lin Yeap, Ary A Hoffmann

Journal article  |  2014  |  American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene

The intracellular endosymbiont Wolbachia has been artificially transinfected into the dengue vector Aedes aegypti, where it is bei..

Assessing quality of life-shortening Wolbachia-infected Aedes aegypti mosquitoes in the field based on capture rates and morphometric assessments

Heng Lin Yeap, Jason K Axford, Jean Popovici, Nancy M Endersby, Inaki Iturbe-Ormaetxe, Scott A Ritchie, Ary A Hoffmann

Journal article  |  2014  |  PARASITES & VECTORS

BACKGROUND: Recent releases have been carried out with Aedes aegypti mosquitoes infected with the wMelPop mosquito cell-line adapt..