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George Brownlee Craig, Jr.
George Brownlee Craig, Jr.
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As a young scientist, he pioneerec! the stucly of mosquito genetics using Aedes aegypti, the yellow fever mosquito, as the subject of his investigations.
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that mosquitoes might be well suites! for control measures using genetic means inclepenclent of the use of insecticides.
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several to investigate the biochemistry, physiology, en c! clevelopmental biology of the yellow fever mosquito, thereby introducing to the field!
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scientific quality of his work on the formal genetics of Aedes aegypti also firmly placed George Craig in the pantheon of mosquito geneticists with other internationally recognizec! luminaries such as G
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cluring those halcyon clays remains valuable tociay as vector biologists attempt to construct transgenic mosquitoes using methods in molecular biology insteac! of laboratory crosses.
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aegypti, using natural cavities such as rot holes in clecicluous trees en c! other plants that temporarily hoist water to lay its eggs, it is in this aqueous environment that the immature stages clevelop.
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prescient since it foreshaclowoc! another major chapter in Craig's career his studies of the Asian tiger mosquito Aedes albopictus.
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other technical articles, inclucling a critical summary of information for the hemisphere (1995~. Even in the months preceding his death, Craig refused to yield to the physical discomfort of heart disease en c!
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IncleecI, his advocacy for this area of science became a major preoccupation cluring the five years prior to his cleath as he laborer! to increase funcling opportunities for field-oriented, ecological, and epidemiological research to strike a balance with the burgeoning laboratory investigations emphasizing molecular biology.
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He was macle a charter member of the Indiana Vector Control Association in 1976 en c! server!
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his spring speaking schecIule to coincide with seminar invitations at institutions hosting NCAA wrestling finals or located within ear driving ~ .
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This photo appeared in the 1990 faculty directory. I particularly want to thank Leonard Munstermann, Yale School of Medicine, who contributed valuable bibliographical information denoting VBL publications from 1959 to 1996.
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The protein nature of the substance inducing female monogamy in Aedes aegypti.
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Aedes triseriatus and La Crosse virus: geographic variation in vector susceptibility and ability to transmit.
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