Behavioural alterations in female Aedes aegypti mosquito in response to entomopathogenic fungal infections.
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DOI: 10.1002/ps.6832
Abstract: BACKGROUND Due to the rapid rise in arboviral disease cases, there is a need for alternative methods of vector control since fast growing insecticides resistance is a matter of great concern. Recent studies have shown… read more here.
Keywords: aedes aegypti; female aedes; fungal infections; fungal conidia ... See more keywords
Transcription in fungal conidia before dormancy produces phenotypically variable conidia that maximize survival in different environments.
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DOI: 10.1038/s41564-021-00922-y
Abstract: Fungi produce millions of clonal asexual conidia (spores) that remain dormant until favourable conditions occur. Conidia contain abundant stable messenger RNAs but the mechanisms underlying the production of these transcripts and their composition and functions… read more here.
Keywords: fungal conidia; transcription; dormancy; variable conidia ... See more keywords