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Fat body–specific vitellogenin expression regulates host-seeking behaviour in the mosquito Aedes albopictus

The high vector competence of mosquitoes is intrinsically linked to their reproductive strategy because females need a vertebrate blood meal to develop large batches of eggs. However, the molecular mechanisms and pathways regulating mosquito host-seeking behaviour are largely unknown. Here, we test...

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Autores principales: Dittmer, Jessica, Alafndi, Ayad, Gabrieli, Paolo
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6508604/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31071075
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pbio.3000238