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SUBMITTER: Su MP
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6156513 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Sep
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Su Matthew P MP Andrés Marta M Boyd-Gibbins Nicholas N Somers Jason J Albert Joerg T JT
Nature communications 20180925 1
Hearing is essential for the courtship of one of the major carriers of human disease, the mosquito. Males locate females through flight-tone recognition and both sexes engage in mid-air acoustic communications, which can take place within swarms containing thousands of individuals. Despite the importance of hearing for mosquitoes, its mechanisms are still largely unclear. We here report a multilevel analysis of auditory function across three disease-transmitting mosquitoes (Aedes aegypti, Anophe ...[more]