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Fig. 3

From: Ad libitum consumption of protein- or peptide-sucrose solutions stimulates egg formation by prolonging the vitellogenic phase of oogenesis in anautogenous mosquitoes

Fig. 3

Aedes aegypti (a), Ae. albopictus (b), An. gambiae (c), An. stephensi (d) and C. quinquefasciatus (e) shunt BSA-sucrose solutions into both the crop and midgut. Each image shows an explanted digestive tract from a female provided ad libitum access to BSA-sucrose containing blue food dye for 24 h. The crop, dorsal diverticula (DD), anterior midgut (AMG), posterior midgut (PMG) and Malpighian tubules (MT) are indicated; the hindgut is visually obstructed by the MT but contained only trace amounts of blue BSA-sucrose, similar to the foregut

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