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.

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