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SUBMITTER: Provost-Javier KN
PROVIDER: S-EPMC2907424 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Aug
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Provost-Javier K N KN Chen S S Rasgon J L JL
Insect molecular biology 20100427 4
Autogeny, the ability of a mosquito to mature an initial batch of eggs without blood feeding, is an alternative reproductive strategy with important implications for vector-borne disease transmission. Regulation of the major yolk protein (vitellogenin; Vg) genes during bloodmeal-induced oogenesis is well studied, but little is known about regulation of vitellogenesis in autogenous mosquitoes. We characterized the expression of four vitellogenin genes (Vg1a, Vg1b, Vg2a and Vg2b) in an autogenous ...[more]