A chromosome anomaly may cause malaria-transmitting mosquito to prefer feeding on cattle
Monday, September 12, 2016 - 13:21
in Biology & Nature
Mosquitos are more likely to feed on cattle than on humans if they carry a specific chromosomal rearrangement in their genome, reducing their odds of transmitting the malaria parasite, reports Bradley Main at the University of California, Davis in a study published September 12, 2016 in PLOS Genetics.
