Meddling with male malaria mosquito ‘mating plug’ to control an epidemic

Posted August 20th, 2012 by PCC STEM & filed under Biology, News.

Using information about the unique mating practices of the male malaria mosquito - which, unlike any other insect, inserts a plug to seal its sperm inside the female - scientists are zeroing in on a birth-control drug for Anopheles mosquitoes, deadly carriers of the disease that threatens 3 billion people, has infected more than 215 million and kills 655,000 annually.

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