Vision guides the twilight search for oviposition sites of the Asian tiger mosquito, Aedes albopictus
This study underscores the importance of visual cues in the oviposition site selection behavior of adult female Ae. albopictus. We demonstrate that wild-type rho-l and kh gene products play a crucial role in this behavior, as mutants exhibit altered sensitivity or recognition of light intensity and substrate colors.
Authors
- Jing Wu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9054-5802)
- Anthony Amade James (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5577-3308)
- Chun Mei Wang
- Zongyi Xie (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2991-1732)
- Hongkai Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1265-1092)
- Xiao‐Guang Chen (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7927-691X)
- Yi Wu
- Si Yu Zhao
- Weina Yang
- Pei Lin Wu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0005-9583-8344)
- Junyu Fu
- Tong Liu (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1157-8890)
Institutions
- University of California, Irvine (US)
- Southern Medical University (CN)
Publication Details
- Journal
- PLoS neglected tropical diseases
- Published
- 2024-11-27
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0012674
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Mosquito-borne diseases and control
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 2.17
Funders
- National Natural Science Foundation of China
- Southern Medical University
- National Institutes of Health