Daily rhythms in mosquitoes

How are mosquito daily behaviours synchranised?

Collaborators: Clément Vinauger (Virginia Tech, USA) & Joshua Benoit (University of Cincinnati, USA)

Mosquitoes possess highly rhytmic behaviour in activity, feeding and mating. Those rhythms are driven by the internal clock of mosquitoes. Here we investigate the tuning of sensory system trigger by the circadian clock, and its effect on host-seeking behaviour.