Sex Recognition through Midflight Mating Duets in Culex Mosquitoes Is Mediated by Acoustic Distortion

Current Biology

Volumn 19, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 485-491

  Warren, Ben ^a   Gibson, Gabriella ^a,b   Russell, Ian J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GREENWICH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

SYSNEURO

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CULEX; FEMALE; FLYING; FORELIMB; HEARING; MALE; MECHANORECEPTOR; MOSQUITO; PHYSIOLOGY; RECOGNITION; SEXUAL BEHAVIOR; SOUND;

ACOUSTICS; ANIMALS; AUDITORY PERCEPTION; CULEX; CULICIDAE; FEMALE; FLIGHT, ANIMAL; MALE; MECHANORECEPTORS; RECOGNITION (PSYCHOLOGY); SEXUAL BEHAVIOR, ANIMAL; SOUND; WING;

CULEX PIPIENS QUINQUEFASCIATUS; TOXORHYNCHITES BREVIPALPIS;

EID: 62549085950     PISSN: 09609822     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2009.01.059     Document Type: Article

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