Biologists Think They Know How Mosquitoes First Got Their Thirst For Human Blood

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But over the course of the research, Rose and his team uncovered an additional piece of information. While taking a closer look at the genetic structure of 375 mosquitoes, they noted an alteration “in a few chromosomal regions.” As it turned out, this tied into their attraction for human blood.

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