Spatial and sex-specific dissection of the Anopheles gambiae midgut transcriptome
Abstract Background The midgut of hematophagous insects, such as disease transmitting mosquitoes, carries out a variety of essential functions that mostly relate to blood feeding.The midgut of the female malaria vector mosquito Anopheles gambiae is a major site of interactions between the parasite and the vector.Distinct compartments and cell types