Mosquito Preference for Human Versus Animal Biting Has Genetic Basis
Saturday, September 17, 2016 - 15:21
in Biology & Nature
osquitoes are more likely to feed on cattle than on humans if they carry a specific chromosomal rearrangement in their genome. This reduces their odds of transmitting the malaria parasite, according to a University of California, Davis, study published Sept. 15 in the journal PLOS Genetics. Rates of malaria transmission depend on whether mosquitoes bite […]