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- Title
The Interaction between a Sexually Transferred Steroid Hormone and a Female Protein Regulates Oogenesis in the Malaria Mosquito <i>Anopheles gambiae</i>.
- Authors
Baldini, Francesco; Gabrieli, Paolo; South, Adam; Valim, Clarissa; Mancini, Francesca; Catteruccia, Flaminia
- Abstract
: Steroid hormones transferred by the male during sex trigger a molecular cascade of events that increases the reproductive success of females in Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes.
- Subjects
ANOPHELES gambiae; OOGENESIS; INSECT reproduction; VITELLOGENESIS; STEROID hormones; RNA interference; MALARIA
- Publication
PLoS Biology, 2013, Vol 11, Issue 10, p1
- ISSN
1544-9173
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1371/journal.pbio.1001695