OEH - Hormone Receptor That Allows Mosquitoes To Reproduce Found

Tuesday, April 14, 2015 - 10:20 in Biology & Nature

 By identifying and comparing the sequences of more than 400 receptors in the genomes of two fruit flies and three mosquito species, entomologists have unlocked one of the hormonal mechanisms that allow mosquitoes to produce eggs. They identified a single gene for a receptor with an unknown function within the species distribution.   read more

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