Sex and species specific hearing mechanisms in mosquito flagellar ears

Auditory processing is an important component of mosquito behaviour including mating. Here the authors demonstrate substantial sex- and also species-specific variation in mosquito auditory transduction, amplification and gain control.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Matthew P. Su, Marta Andrés, Nicholas Boyd-Gibbins, Jason Somers, Joerg T. Albert
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Publishing Group 2018-09-01
Series:Nature Communications
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-06388-7