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ArticleNature communications2022

The olfactory gating of visual preferences to human skin and visible spectra in mosquitoes.

Diego Alonso San Alberto, Claire Rusch, Yinpeng Zhan, Andrew D Straw, Craig Montell, Jeffrey A Riffell

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Article in Nature communications, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 46 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

46 citing papers in PubMed.

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  13. Spectral preferences of mosquitos are altered by odors.The Journal of experimental biology · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Diego Alonso San Alberto *Department of Biology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA.
Claire Rusch *Department of Biology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA.
Yinpeng ZhanUniversity of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, 93106, USA.
Andrew D StrawInstitute of Biology I & Bernstein Center Freibug, Albert-Ludwigs-Univesität Freiburg, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany.
Craig MontellUniversity of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, 93106, USA.
Jeffrey A RiffellDepartment of Biology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 98195, USA. jriffell@uw.edu.ORCID 0000-0002-7645-5779

Funding

Unconventional roles for opsinsR01EY008117 · NEI · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA BARBARA · PI MONTELL, CRAIG · 1989 to 2022
$8.2M
Opsins as a new class of evolutionarily conserved taste receptors: Diversity Supplement for Pre-Doctoral TrainingR01DC016278 · NIDCD · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA BARBARA · PI CRAIG MONTELL · 2017 to 2026
$4.7M
The olfactory basis of locating nectar sugar sources in Aedes aegypti mosquitoesR01AI148300 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI Omar Sultan Akbari, Ronald Jason Pitts · 2021 to 2026
$4.1M
Opsins and TRP channels controlling sensation and behavior in Aedes aeygptiR01AI165575 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA BARBARA · PI MONTELL, CRAIG · 2021 to 2025
$2.7M
Mechanisms of visual transduction and light-driven behaviors in Aedes aegyptiR01AI169386 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA SANTA BARBARA · PI CRAIG MONTELL · 2022 to 2026
$2.4M
Visual and olfactory integration in mosquito behaviorR21AI137947 · NIAID · UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON · PI RIFFELL, JEFFREY A · 2019 to 2020
$428k
NEI NIH HHS R01 EY008117NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI148300NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI165575NIAID NIH HHS R01 AI169386NIAID NIH HHS R21 AI137947NIDCD NIH HHS R01 DC016278
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Mosquitoes track odors, locate hosts, and find mates visually. The color of a food resource, such as a flower or warm-blooded host, can be dominated by long wavelengths of the visible light spectrum (green to red for humans) and is likely important for object recognition and localization. However, little is known about the hues that attract mosquitoes or how odor affects mosquito visual search behaviors. We use a real-time 3D tracking system and wind tunnel that allows careful control of the olfactory and visual environment to quantify the behavior of more than 1.3 million mosquito trajectories. We find that CO

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LightAedesAnimalsCarbon DioxideCulicidaeHumansOdorantsOlfactory CortexSkinSmellSpecies SpecificityVisual PerceptionCarbon Dioxide

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