Cuticular hydrocarbons are associated with mating success and insecticide resistance in malaria vectors

Kelsey L. Adams; Simon P. Sawadogo; Charles Nignan; Abdoulaye Niang; Douglas G. Paton; W. Robert Shaw; Adam South; Jennifer Wang; Maurice A. Itoe; Kristine Werling; Roch K. Dabiré; Abdoulaye Diabaté; Flaminia Catteruccia

doi:10.1038/s42003-021-02434-1

Communications Biology (Jul 2021)

Cuticular hydrocarbons are associated with mating success and insecticide resistance in malaria vectors

Kelsey L. Adams,
Simon P. Sawadogo,
Charles Nignan,
Abdoulaye Niang,
Douglas G. Paton,
W. Robert Shaw,
Adam South,
Jennifer Wang,
Maurice A. Itoe,
Kristine Werling,
Roch K. Dabiré,
Abdoulaye Diabaté,
Flaminia Catteruccia

Affiliations

Kelsey L. Adams: Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Simon P. Sawadogo: Department of Medical Biology and Public Health, Institut de Recherche en Science de la Santé (IRSS)
Charles Nignan: Department of Medical Biology and Public Health, Institut de Recherche en Science de la Santé (IRSS)
Abdoulaye Niang: Department of Medical Biology and Public Health, Institut de Recherche en Science de la Santé (IRSS)
Douglas G. Paton: Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
W. Robert Shaw: Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Adam South: Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Jennifer Wang: Harvard Center for Mass Spectrometry, Harvard University
Maurice A. Itoe: Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Kristine Werling: Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Roch K. Dabiré: Department of Medical Biology and Public Health, Institut de Recherche en Science de la Santé (IRSS)
Abdoulaye Diabaté: Department of Medical Biology and Public Health, Institut de Recherche en Science de la Santé (IRSS)
Flaminia Catteruccia: Department of Immunology and Infectious Diseases, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-021-02434-1
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 4, no. 1
pp. 1 – 8

Abstract

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In this study, Adams et al. investigate the effect of cuticular hydrocarbons on mating success in natural mosquito mating swarms. These hydrocarbons confer both higher mating success and increased resistance to pyrethroid, suggesting sexual selection for insecticide resistance in this population secondary to mating success.

Published in Communications Biology

ISSN: 2399-3642 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science: Biology (General)
Website: https://www.nature.com/commsbio/

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