The taste of water.
basic_science · Level V
Where this comes from
- Record sourced from PubMed, PMID 31246169.
- Also identified by DOI 10.7554/eLife.48654 and PMC identifier 6597237.
- Licence recorded as CC BY.
- The licence permits redistribution, so the abstract is shown in full and the full text is available from the publisher.
Abstract
Female mosquitos require a specific ion-channel protein to sense the presence of fresh water in which they can lay their eggs.
Medical subject headings
- Culicidae
- Eggs
- Epithelial Sodium Channels
- Taste