Meddling in mosquitoes' sex lives could help stop the spread of malaria
Tuesday, December 22, 2009 - 03:28
in Biology & Nature
Stopping male mosquitoes from sealing their sperm inside females with a 'mating plug' could prevent mosquitoes from reproducing, and offer a potential new way to combat malaria, say scientists publishing new results in PLoS Biology on 22 December...
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