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Zone of inhibition always makes me feel so excited about science lol
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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...
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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...
https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1101/2024.10.08.617226v1
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