Evolution of sexually-transferred steroids in Anopheles mosquitoes
E. Pondeville, N. Puchot, M. Lang, F. Cherrier, F. Schaffner, C. Dauphin-Villemant, E. Bischoff, C. Bourgouin
The paper analyzes the evolution of sexually-transferred steroids in Anopheles mosquitoes and finds that male steroid production and transfer are specific to the Cellia subgenus and not correlated with malaria transmission.
bioRxiv · Jun 8, 2018Evolutionary Biology