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Entomology: Parasite drives host to nectar
Nature 505, 7484 (2014). doi:10.1038/505457b
Mosquitoes carrying a malaria-causing parasite develop an increased desire for sugar.Baldwyn Torto of the International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology in Nairobi and his colleagues monitored the attraction of Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes (pictured) to plant odours and the investigative behaviour
Source: Nature - January 22, 2014 Category: Research Tags: Research Highlights Source Type: research
Entomology: Male mosquito boosts egg-making
Nature 503, 7474 (2013). doi:10.1038/503009d
Male mosquitos deliver more than sperm when they copulate with females: they also provide a hormone that spurs egg development.A team led by Flaminia Catteruccia at the Harvard School of Public Health in Boston, Massachusetts, studied the malaria-spreading mosquito Anopheles gambiae, focusing on
Source: Nature - November 6, 2013 Category: Research Tags: Research Highlights Source Type: research
