Walter Leal

Walter Soares Leal (born February 2, 1954) is a Brazilian biochemist and entomologist who is known for identifying pheromones and mosquito attractants, and elucidating a mechanism of action of the insect repellent DEET.

Leal was the first non-Japanese to earn tenure at the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fisheries of Japan. In 2000, he accepted a position as associate professor at the University of California, Davis. Leal is a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology. He served as chair of the entomology department at UC Davis (now Department of Entomology & Nematology). Provided by Wikipedia
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    Alternative splicing produces two transcripts encoding female-biased pheromone subfamily receptors in the navel orangeworm, Amyelois transitella
    by Stephen F Garczynski, Walter Soares Leal
    Published 2015-10-01
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    Multitasking roles of mosquito labrum in oviposition and blood feeding
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    Toxic effect of blood feeding in male mosquitoes
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    Selectivity of odorant-binding proteins from the southern house mosquito tested against physiologically relevant ligands
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    Sensitivity of RT-PCR method in samples shown to be positive for Zika virus by RT-qPCR in vector competence studies
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    Synthetic sex pheromone of citrus leafminer in Brazilian citrus groves Feromônio sexual sintético do minador-dos-citros em pomares brasileiros de citros
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    Zika virus detection, isolation and genome sequencing through Culicidae sampling during the epidemic in Vitória, Espírito Santo, Brazil
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