Acquired taste: mosquitoes may evolve to favour humans over animals
by Patrick Barkham from Science | The Guardian on (#562NA)
Study of mosquitoes' biting preferences reveals that urbanisation is shaping behaviour
More species of mosquito may evolve to bite humans instead of other animals and spread disease because of urbanisation, according to a scientific study.
While the vast majority of the 3,500 species of mosquito do not bite humans, scientists studied Aedes aegypti, an invasive species which has evolved a taste for humans, and become the primary spreader of infectious diseases including dengue and yellow fever.
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