Mosquito (Diptera: Culicidae) Vision and Associated Electrophysiological Techniques.
| Autor: | Peach DAH; Department of Zoology, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6T 1Z4, Canada daniel.peach@uga.edu.; Savannah River Ecology Laboratory, Department of Infectious Diseases, The University of Georgia, Aiken, South Carolina 29802, USA., Blake AJ; Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, V5A 1S6, Canada.; Department of Biology, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington 98195, USA. |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Zdroj: | Cold Spring Harbor protocols [Cold Spring Harb Protoc] 2023 Oct 03; Vol. 2023 (10), pp. 107671. Date of Electronic Publication: 2023 Oct 03. |
| DOI: | 10.1101/pdb.top107671 |
| Abstrakt: | Mosquitoes are considered the world's deadliest animal because of the pathogens they spread. Additionally, they are an unbearable nuisance in many areas. Visual stimuli play an important role in the mosquito life cycle, helping them find vertebrate hosts, floral nectar, and oviposition sites. Here, we review mosquito vision, including its influences on mosquito behavior, the photoreceptors involved, and mosquito spectral sensitivity, as well as provide an overview of techniques used for the analysis of mosquito vision, including electroretinograms, single-cell recordings, and the use of opsin-deficient mutants. We anticipate that this information will be useful for researchers studying mosquito physiology, evolution, ecology, and management. (© 2023 Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press.) |
| Databáze: | MEDLINE |
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