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A persistent behavioral state enables sustained predation of humans by mosquitoes

Predatory animals pursue prey in a noisy sensory landscape, deciding when to continue or abandon their chase. The mosquito Aedes aegypti is a micropredator that first detects humans at a distance through sensory cues such as carbon dioxide. As a mosquito nears its target, it senses more proximal cue...

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Autores principales: Sorrells, Trevor R, Pandey, Anjali, Rosas-Villegas, Adriana, Vosshall, Leslie B
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9154740/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35550041
http://dx.doi.org/10.7554/eLife.76663

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