reitetsugou.bsky.social
reitetsugou.bsky.social
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Zone of inhibition always makes me feel so excited about science lol
March 28, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Reposted by reitetsugou.bsky.social
So. Here it is. The ABSOLUTELY nuttiest study we have ever done in my 25+ years as a scientist working on mosquitoes

"Revisiting the paradigm of anhematophagy in male mosquitoes"

Let's dive into the paper

www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Revisiting the paradigm of anhematophagy in male mosquitoes
Female mosquitoes are reproductively obligate bloodfeeders which feed on vertebrate blood to obtain nutrients required for egg production (driving transmission of vector-borne pathogens in the process...
www.biorxiv.org
October 9, 2024 at 6:52 PM