How to pronounce“mosquito”in English

A mosquito’s proboscis, the part it bites you with, is made up of seven different movable parts.

a single flap of a mosquito’s wing compared to the lifetime of the solar system!

So any time that targeted gene is in the mosquito’s DNA, the CRISPR-Cas9 gene drive will essentially cut and paste itself over it.

When vitellogenin proteins are released into the mosquito’s circulatory system, this triggers cells in the ovary to begin forming egg yolks.

These vortices generate lift under the mosquito’s wings, just like they do for flying fish and many other insect species as well.

And that might have something to do with a special lactic acid sensor in a mosquito’s antenna called Ionotropic Receptor 8a, or just Ir8a for short.

Plasmodium has a complicated life cycle that takes it from a mosquito’s gut to its saliva to a human liver to the bloodstream.