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Molecular and Functional Characterization of the Odorant Receptor2 (OR2) in the Tiger Mosquito Aedes albopictus

In mosquitoes, the olfactory system plays a crucial role in many types of behavior, including nectar feeding, host preference selection and oviposition. Aedes albopictus, known also as the tiger mosquito, is an anthropophilic species, which in the last few years, due to its strong ecological plastic...

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Autores principales: Scialò, Filippo, Hansson, Bill S., Giordano, Ennio, Polito, Catello L., Digilio, F. Anna
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2012
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3351472/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22606270
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0036538