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ABSTRACT:
SUBMITTER: Fernandez-Grandon GM
PROVIDER: S-EPMC4406498 | biostudies-literature | 2015
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
PloS one 20150422 4
Female mosquitoes display preferences for certain individuals over others, which is determined by differences in volatile chemicals produced by the human body and detected by mosquitoes. Body odour can be controlled genetically but the existence of a genetic basis for differential attraction to insects has never been formally demonstrated. This study investigated heritability of attractiveness to mosquitoes by evaluating the response of Aedes aegypti (=Stegomyia aegypti) mosquitoes to odours fro ...[more]