Common Bacterium May Help Control Disease-Bearing Mosquitoes
February 27, 2017
February 27, 2017
NEW HAVEN, Conn., Feb. 27 -- Yale University issued the following news release:
Genes from a common bacterium can be harnessed to sterilize male insects, a tool that can potentially control populations of both disease-bearing mosquitoes and agricultural pests, researchers at Yale University and Vanderbilt University report in related studies published Feb. 27 in two Nature journals.
The studies highlight the peculiar reproductive role of Wolbachia bacteria, which ar . . .
Genes from a common bacterium can be harnessed to sterilize male insects, a tool that can potentially control populations of both disease-bearing mosquitoes and agricultural pests, researchers at Yale University and Vanderbilt University report in related studies published Feb. 27 in two Nature journals.
The studies highlight the peculiar reproductive role of Wolbachia bacteria, which ar . . .