Sexual transfer of the steroid hormone 20E induces the postmating switch in Anopheles gambiae
Sexual transfer of the steroid hormone 20E induces the postmating switch in Anopheles gambiae
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United States: National Academy of Sciences
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English
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United States: National Academy of Sciences
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Significance Anopheles gambiae females are the principal vectors of malaria, a disease that kills more than 600,000 people every year. Current control methods using insecticides to kill mosquitoes are threatened by the spread of resistance in natural populations. A promising alternative control strategy is based on interfering with mosquito reprodu...
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Sexual transfer of the steroid hormone 20E induces the postmating switch in Anopheles gambiae
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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1660421160
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1660421160
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0027-8424
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1091-6490
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10.1073/pnas.1410488111
