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Sexual conflict in mosquitoes may have worsened spread of malaria

Mating issues drove evolution of better disease carriers

AFTERMATH  Intimate mating concerns among Anopheles mosquitoes may have inadvertently pushed the evolution of greater ability to spread human malaria.

Sam Cotton

By Susan Milius

- More than 2 years ago

The relentless spread of malaria may be largely a side effect of a long, slow battle of the sexes among mosquitoes.