Species-Specificity in Thermopreference and CO(2)-Gated Heat-Seeking in Culex Mosquitoes

SIMPLE SUMMARY: Mosquitoes are cold-blooded insects whose body temperature and metabolism are largely affected by environmental temperature. These blood-sucking insects use heat emanating from their potential hosts to locate them for feeding, which is how they spread deadly diseases. They also use o...

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Autores principales: Reinhold, Joanna M., Chandrasegaran, Karthikeyan, Oker, Helen, Crespo, José E., Vinauger, Clément, Lahondère, Chloé
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: MDPI 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8779787/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35055936
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/insects13010092

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8779787/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35055936
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/insects13010092

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