Clock genes regulate mating activity rhythms in the vector mosquitoes, Aedes albopictus and Culex quinquefasciatus
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DOI: 10.1371/journal.pntd.0010965
Abstract: Background Endogenous circadian rhythms result from genetically-encoded molecular clocks, whose components and downstream output factors cooperate to generate cyclic changes in activity. Mating is an important activity of mosquitoes, however, the key aspects of mating… read more here.
Keywords: quinquefasciatus; activity; activity rhythms; albopictus ... See more keywords
Mating activity of Pyrrhocoris apterus (Heteroptera: Pyrrhocoridae) in nature
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DOI: 10.14411/eje.2019.020
Abstract: The mating behaviour of Pyrrhocoris apterus in the laboratory is well studied, but little is known about it under natural conditions. In natural populations in Central Europe, overwintered adults start copulating in March and continue… read more here.
Keywords: activity; activity pyrrhocoris; pyrrhocoris apterus; apterus heteroptera ... See more keywords