Figure 1From: Accurate identification of Culicidae at aquatic developmental stages by MALDI-TOF MS profilingComparison of MALDI-TOF MS spectra of whole specimens or body parts of mosquitoes at the L3 stage ranging from 2 to 20Â kDa. Representative spectra from biological replicates performed in quadruplicate of whole (top-spectra), abdomen (middle-spectra) and thoraxâ+âhead (bottom- spectra) body parts from An. gambiae specimens (A) and Ae. albopictus (B) are shown. The mosquito body parts are indicated in the right corner of each protein profile spectrum. a.u., arbitrary units; m/z, mass-to-charge ratio.Back to article page