Molecular analysis of photic inhibition of blood-feeding in Anopheles gambiae

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1 January 2008

journal article
research article
Published by Springer Nature in BMC Physiology

Vol. 8 (1) , 23
https://doi.org/10.1186/1472-6793-8-23

Abstract

Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes exhibit an endophilic, nocturnal blood feeding behavior. Despite the importance of light as a regulator of malaria transmission, our knowledge on the molecular interactions between environmental cues, the circadian oscillators and the host seeking and feeding systems of the Anopheles mosquitoes is limited.

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