Klowden M J, Lea A O
Am J Trop Med Hyg. 1980 Nov;29(6):1460-4. doi: 10.4269/ajtmh.1980.29.1460.
The use of the term "physiological aging" to describe certain morphological changes in the mosquito ovary is misleading, because these changes are not always correlated with senescence. With respect to the amount of blood ingested as a replete meal, as well as to host-seeking behavior following a partial blood meal, 21-day-old mosquitoes which have undergone one or more gonotrophic cycles are more similar physiologically to 5-day-old females than to other 21-day-old mosquitoes which have not blood-fed. The term "physiological aging" should be used solely to denote true physiological changes associated with senescence. We suggest that "gonotrophic aging" be used to denote the visible changes in the ovariole that accompany the maturation and deposition of each batch of eggs.
用“生理衰老”一词来描述蚊子卵巢的某些形态变化具有误导性，因为这些变化并不总是与衰老相关。就饱血时摄入的血量以及部分饱血后的宿主寻找行为而言，经历过一个或多个生殖营养周期的21日龄蚊子在生理上与5日龄雌蚊更为相似，而与其他未吸血的21日龄蚊子不同。“生理衰老”一词应仅用于表示与衰老相关的真正生理变化。我们建议用“生殖营养衰老”来表示随着每批卵的成熟和产出而在卵巢小管中出现的可见变化。
