Malaria Bug (IMAGE)

Penn State

Malaria Bug

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The researchers examined mosquitoes thirty days after they were infected with Wolbachia using whole mount fluorescence in situ hybridization. Wolbachia bacteria, indicated in red, are distributed throughout the mosquito. The green areas represent mosquito cell nuclei.

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Grant Huges, Penn State

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