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The Neuroscience Behind Why Mosquitoes Always Find You
The Neuroscience Behind Why Mosquitoes Always Find You
Neurons in mosquito antennae can express more than one olfactory receptor at a time, a redundancy that likely ensures they don’t lose a potential host’s scent.
Neurons in mosquito antennae can express more than one olfactory receptor at a time, a redundancy that likely ensures they don’t lose a potential host’s scent.
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