Clock genes regulate mating activity rhythms in the vector mosquitoes, Aedes albopictus and Culex quinquefasciatus.

• Main Authors: Shuang Liu (Author), Jiayong Zhou (Author), Ling Kong (Author), Yiquan Cai (Author), Hongkai Liu (Author), Zhensheng Xie (Author), Xiaolin Xiao (Author), Anthony A James (Author), Xiao-Guang Chen (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2022-12-01T00:00:00Z.
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<h4>Background</h4>Endogenous circadian rhythms result from genetically-encoded molecular clocks, whose components and downstream output factors cooperate to generate cyclic changes in activity. Mating is an important activity of mosquitoes, however, the key aspects of mating rhythm patt...