Post-biting behavioral reprogramming underlies reproductive efficiency in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes
Linhan Dong, Elisabeth F Bradford, Jord M Barnett, Laura B Duvall · 2025
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Dong, Bradford, Barnett, and Duvall found in twenty twenty-five that bite acts reset a mosquito's day plan to help it lay eggs. The Aedes mosquito spreads dengue and Zika and needs a blood meal to grow its eggs. After the meal the bug rests, then shifts to hunt for egg sites.
Bugs with ripe eggs move more and switch their peak acts to night, when they seek damp spots to lay. A clock gene is key to that shift in time. With-out it, the hunt is off time and egg yield falls when a search is needed. The shift backs strong brood growth.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Linhan Dong, Elisabeth F Bradford, Jord M Barnett, Laura B Duvall |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 55 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |