New study examines immunity in emerging species of a major mosquito carrer of malaria
Monday, December 20, 2010 - 15:31
in Biology & Nature
A new study led by University of Notre Dame biologist Nora Besansky suggests that the mosquitoes' immune response to malaria parasites, mediated by a gene called "TEP1," is one of the traits that differ between two evolving species of Anopheles gambiae.