The taste of water

• Main Author: W Daniel Tracey
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2019-06-01
• Series: eLife
• Subjects: Aedes aegypti; mosquito; behavior; reproduction; CRISPR-Cas9; salt sensing
• Online Access: https://elifesciences.org/articles/48654
• ISSN: 2050-084X

Female mosquitos require a specific ion-channel protein to sense the presence of fresh water in which they can lay their eggs.