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Light pollution disrupts seasonal reproductive phenotypes and reduces lifespan in the West Nile vector, Culex pipiens.
Journal of insect physiology - 1 Dec 2024
Fiorta Maria A, Fyie Lydia R, Meuti Megan E
Abstract excerpt
Females of the Northern House mosquito, Culex pipiens, are important disease vectors as they transmit pathogens including West Nile virus. These females survive the winter by entering diapause, a state of dormancy, characterized by the accumulation of lipids, cessation of blood-feeding, and reproductive arrest. Diapause is cued by photoperiod, so as days become short in late summer and early fall, female Cx....
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