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Cell Tissue Res

Title:		Modulation of odour-guided behaviour in mosquitoes
Author(s):		Hill SR; Ignell R;
Address:		"Disease Vector Group, Department of Plant Protection Biology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Vaxtskyddsvagen 3, 23053, Alnarp, Sweden. Disease Vector Group, Department of Plant Protection Biology, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Vaxtskyddsvagen 3, 23053, Alnarp, Sweden. rickard.ignell@slu.se"
Journal Title:		Cell Tissue Res
Year:		2021
Volume:		20210123
Issue:		1
Page Number:		195 - 206
DOI:		10.1007/s00441-020-03368-6
ISSN/ISBN:		1432-0878 (Electronic) 0302-766X (Print) 0302-766X (Linking)
Abstract:		"Mosquitoes are emerging as model systems with which to study innate behaviours through neuroethology and functional genomics. Decades of work on these disease vectors have provided a solid behavioural framework describing the distinct repertoire of predominantly odour-mediated behaviours of female mosquitoes, and their dependence on life stage (intrinsic factors) and environmental cues (extrinsic factors). The purpose of this review is to provide an overview of how intrinsic factors, including adult maturation, age, nutritional status, and infection, affect the attraction to plants and feeding on plant fluids, host seeking, blood feeding, supplemental feeding behaviours, pre-oviposition behaviour, and oviposition in female mosquitoes. With the technological advancements in the recent two decades, we have gained a better understanding of which volatile organic compounds are used by mosquitoes to recognise and discriminate among various fitness-enhancing resources, and characterised their neural and molecular correlates. In this review, we present the state of the art of the peripheral olfactory system as described by the neural physiology, functional genomics, and genetics underlying the demonstrated changes in the behavioural repertoire in female mosquitoes. The review is meant as a summary introduction to the current conceptual thinking in the field"
Keywords:		"Animals Behavior, Animal/*physiology Culicidae *Odorants Host seeking Neuroethology Olfaction Oviposition Plant seeking;"
Notes:		"MedlineHill, Sharon R Ignell, Rickard eng Review Germany 2021/01/25 Cell Tissue Res. 2021 Jan; 383(1):195-206. doi: 10.1007/s00441-020-03368-6. Epub 2021 Jan 23"