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Nov 2022
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How can mosquitos smell you? (new resear...

Melissa and Jam, Bleav
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How can mosquitoes sense us? And do they prefer some people over others? This is a question we've pursued across several episodes of the podcast in the past, but now there's some brand new research that addresses this question! Let's check it out together.

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References from this episode

  1. https://cen.acs.org/biological-chemistry/chemical-communication/Mosquito-magnet-s-chemical-reason/100/web/2022/10?utm_source=Essential&utm_medium=Newsletter&utm_campaign=CEN
  2. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.cell.2022.09.034
  3. https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-022-03281-8

 


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