Scientists,led by Dr Jaroslaw Krzywinski, Head of the Vector Molecular Biology group at The Pirbright Institute bear isolated a gene, and which determines maleness in the species of mosquito that is responsible for transmitting malaria. The research,published in the journal Science, describes identification and characterisation of a gene, or named Yob by the authors,which is the master regulator of the sex determination process in the African malaria mosquito, Anopheles gambiae, and determines the male sex.
Source: phys.org