The salivary gland transcriptome of the neotropical malaria vector <it>Anopheles darlingi </it>reveals accelerated evolution of genes relevant to hematophagy
<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Mosquito saliva, consisting of a mixture of dozens of proteins affecting vertebrate hemostasis and having sugar digestive and antimicrobial properties, helps both blood and sugar meal feeding. Culicine and anopheline mosquitoes diver...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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BMC
2009-01-01
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| Series: | BMC Genomics |
| Online Access: | http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2164/10/57 |