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Title: Mosquitoes have preferences too Written by: duddy on Apr 25, 2015 (https://biology-forums.com/gallery/47/4_25_04_15_6_45_37.jpeg) (https://biology-forums.com/index.php?action=gallery;sa=view;id=21491) According to a new study published in the journal PLOS One (http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0122716#pone.0122716.ref002), it was found that identical twins are equally attractive to mosquitoes than fraternal - or non-identical - twins. This correlation lead researchers to conclude that mosquitoes might be making preferential choices based on differences in our DNA. What causes this preferences? While it may be nice to believe that that mosquitoes are attracted to "sweeter blood", it's not true at all. Female mosquitoes - the ones that bite, in order to get protein necessary for egg development - are actually drawn to us by chemical signals related to body odour. Comments: something isn't right about this posting Written by: biolove on Apr 26, 2015 |