Mutant males struggle to mate, which could offer a way to controll mosquito populations, scientists say.

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Novel way to beat dengue: Deaf mosquitoes stop having sex

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(From BBC) Scientists believe they have found a quirky way to fight mosquito-spread diseases such as dengue, yellow fever and Zika – by turning male insects deaf so they struggle to mate and breed. Mosquitoes have sex while flying in mid-air and the males rely on hearing to chase down a female, based on her attractive wingbeats. The researchers did an experiment, altering a genetic pathway that male mosquitoes use for this hearing.   FULL STORY:…

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Researchers at the University of California have discovered a new method to combat diseases carried by mosquitoes. The experiment showed that deaf males cannot reproduce.

Дослідники Каліфорнійського університету виявили новий метод боротьби з хворобами, які переносять комарі. Експеримент показав, що глухі самці не можуть розмножуватися.

Науковці винайшли унікальний метод боротьби з хворобами, які переносять комарі

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Scientists have invented a unique method of combating diseases carried by mosquitoes

Romance is a complex affair in humans. There’s personality, appearance, seduction, all manner of physical and social cues. Mosquitoes are much more blunt. Mating occurs for a few seconds in midair. And all it takes to woo a male is the sound of a female’s wingbeats. Imagine researchers’ surprise when a single change completely killed […] The post Deaf male mosquitoes don’t mate appeared first on YubaNet.

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Deaf male mosquitoes don’t mate

Malaria is caused by a complex parasite which is spread by mosquito bites. Scientists believe they have found a quirky way to fight mosquito-spread diseases such as dengue, yellow fever and Zika – by turning male insects deaf so they struggle to mate and breed. Mosquitoes have sex while flying in mid-air and the males […] The post Novel way to beat dengue: Deaf mosquitoes stop having sex appeared first on Ghanamma.com.

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Scientists believe they have found a quirky way to fight mosquito-spread diseases such as dengue, yellow fever, and Zika – by turning male insects deaf so they struggle to mate and breed. Mosquitoes have sex while flying in mid-air, and the males rely on hearing to chase down a female, based on her attractive wingbeats. The researchers did an experiment, altering a genetic pathway that male mosquitoes use for this hearing. The result – they made…

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Scientists To Stop Male Mosquitoes Mating

Even mosquitoes in their own small way have a microbiome, and among the ‘good bacteria’ in their intestine there is one that could unintentionally ‘betray’ them by playing in favor of the mission of controlling these disease-carrying insects. In particular, Aedes aegypti has come under the lens of scientists, on whose wings Dengue ‘flies’, but also yellow fever and the Zika virus. A new study published in the ‘Journal of Applied Microbiology’ co…

Novel way to beat dengue: Deaf mosquitoes stop having sex

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