News, Surprise findings suggest mosquito odor sensors are sensitive to molecular regulation to avoid insect repellents
By JuliannaLee On March 31, 2022 · Leave a Comment · In 2022 SP Team 05, 2022 SP Week 07, Biological Discoveries
In what they call surprise findings, scientists report that — unlike fruit flies — mosquitoes’ odor sensing nerve cells shut down when those cells are forced to produce odor-related proteins, or receptors, on the surface of the cell. This ‘expression’ process apparently makes the bugs able to ignore common insect repellents.
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