Tracking the genetic arms race between humans and mosquitoes
Los Angeles CA (SPX) Jul 01, 2015 - Every time you put on bug spray this summer, you're launching a strike in the ongoing war between humans and mosquitoes - one that is rapidly driving the evolution of the pests. Scientists studying mosquitoes in various types of environments in the United States and in Russia found that between 5 and 20 percent of a mosquito population's genome is subject to evolutionary pressures at any given t ... more
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