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Evolutionary transition from blood feeding to obligate nonbiting in a mosquito

The spread of blood-borne pathogens by mosquitoes relies on their taking a blood meal; if there is no bite, there is no disease transmission. Although many species of mosquitoes never take a blood meal, identifying genes that distinguish blood feeding from obligate nonbiting is hampered by the fact...

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Autores principales: Bradshaw, William E., Burkhart, Joshua, Colbourne, John K., Borowczak, Rudyard, Lopez, Jacqueline, Denlinger, David L., Reynolds, Julie A., Pfrender, Michael E., Holzapfel, Christina M.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: National Academy of Sciences 2018
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC5798368/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29255013
http://dx.doi.org/10.1073/pnas.1717502115