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Making the paper: Leslie Vosshall.

Source :
Nature. 1/4/2007, Vol. 445 Issue 7123, pxi-xi. 1p.
Publication Year :
2007

Abstract

The article discusses the research by Leslie Vosshall and colleagues to disable the scent tracking ability of mosquitoes. Mosquitoes reach their prey by smelling carbon dioxide from the victims breath like many insects. Vosshall states that they identified homologous receptors in a mosquito that function as carbon dioxide sensors. Vosshall hopes that this breakthrough will help in developing compounds that dispel insects off human track which in turn will contain malaria and other diseases.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00280836
Volume :
445
Issue :
7123
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
Nature
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
23573876
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1038/7123xia