Mosquitoes can remember a smell of toxic chemicals after the first contact

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It can explain why means of fight against them become so quickly inefficient information agency "ITAR-TASS", on February 17. Biologists found out that mosquitoes remember a smell of toxic chemicals with which them poison, after the first contact even with a small dose of substances. Thanks to it insects avoid death at the following meeting with similar chemicals, scientists in the scientific edition "Scientific Reports" write. During research biologists tried to find out how the behavior of mosquitoes is influenced by rather small doses of chemicals which cannot kill insects, but noticeably influence their health. In this way...
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Tripe Frederick
Kilsky university
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