Are some people more 'attractive' to mosquitos? If so, is that a hereditary trait?
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Mosquitos clearly love me-- but I have been told I am just more reactive to mosquito bites. Are some people more 'attractive' to mosquitos (get bit more)? Or is it just that they are more reactive? If it is an 'attractive' trait-- is this hereditary?
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Mosquitos clearly love me-- but I have been told I am just more reactive to mosquito bites. Are some people more 'attractive' to mosquitos (get bit more)? Or is it just that they are more reactive? If it is an 'attractive' trait-- is this hereditary?
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Mosquitos clearly love me-- but I have been told I am just more reactive to mosquito bites. Are some people more 'attractive' to mosquitos (get bit more)? Or is it just that they are more reactive? If it is an 'attractive' trait-- is this hereditary?
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Mosquitos clearly love me-- but I have been told I am just more reactive to mosquito bites. Are some people more 'attractive' to mosquitos (get bit more)? Or is it just that they are more reactive? If it is an 'attractive' trait-- is this hereditary?
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There is a genetic component to mosquito's attraction to humans.
Female mosquitoes display preferences for certain individuals over others, which is determined by differences in volatile chemicals produced by the human body and detected by mosquitoes. ... Overall, there was a strong narrow-sense heritability of 0.62 (SE 0.124) for relative attraction and 0.67 (0.354) for flight activity based on the average of ten measurements. The results demonstrate an underlying genetic component detectable by mosquitoes through olfaction.
--Heritability of Attractiveness to Mosquitoes
However, analysis of a comparative rating variable "compared with your twin, who is bitten by mosquitoes more often?" indicated a strong genetic influence on frequency of being bitten by mosquitoes, with no significant differences observed between males and females.
--Twin study of adolescent genetic susceptibility to mosquito bites using ordinal and comparative rating data.
There are many other influences on how attractive people are to mosquitos, including diet, alcohol consumption, and various disease conditions.
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There is a genetic component to mosquito's attraction to humans.
Female mosquitoes display preferences for certain individuals over others, which is determined by differences in volatile chemicals produced by the human body and detected by mosquitoes. ... Overall, there was a strong narrow-sense heritability of 0.62 (SE 0.124) for relative attraction and 0.67 (0.354) for flight activity based on the average of ten measurements. The results demonstrate an underlying genetic component detectable by mosquitoes through olfaction.
--Heritability of Attractiveness to Mosquitoes
However, analysis of a comparative rating variable "compared with your twin, who is bitten by mosquitoes more often?" indicated a strong genetic influence on frequency of being bitten by mosquitoes, with no significant differences observed between males and females.
--Twin study of adolescent genetic susceptibility to mosquito bites using ordinal and comparative rating data.
There are many other influences on how attractive people are to mosquitos, including diet, alcohol consumption, and various disease conditions.
answered 48 mins ago
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There is a genetic component to mosquito's attraction to humans.
Female mosquitoes display preferences for certain individuals over others, which is determined by differences in volatile chemicals produced by the human body and detected by mosquitoes. ... Overall, there was a strong narrow-sense heritability of 0.62 (SE 0.124) for relative attraction and 0.67 (0.354) for flight activity based on the average of ten measurements. The results demonstrate an underlying genetic component detectable by mosquitoes through olfaction.
--Heritability of Attractiveness to Mosquitoes
However, analysis of a comparative rating variable "compared with your twin, who is bitten by mosquitoes more often?" indicated a strong genetic influence on frequency of being bitten by mosquitoes, with no significant differences observed between males and females.
--Twin study of adolescent genetic susceptibility to mosquito bites using ordinal and comparative rating data.
There are many other influences on how attractive people are to mosquitos, including diet, alcohol consumption, and various disease conditions.
answered 48 mins ago
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There is a genetic component to mosquito's attraction to humans.
Female mosquitoes display preferences for certain individuals over others, which is determined by differences in volatile chemicals produced by the human body and detected by mosquitoes. ... Overall, there was a strong narrow-sense heritability of 0.62 (SE 0.124) for relative attraction and 0.67 (0.354) for flight activity based on the average of ten measurements. The results demonstrate an underlying genetic component detectable by mosquitoes through olfaction.
--Heritability of Attractiveness to Mosquitoes
However, analysis of a comparative rating variable "compared with your twin, who is bitten by mosquitoes more often?" indicated a strong genetic influence on frequency of being bitten by mosquitoes, with no significant differences observed between males and females.
--Twin study of adolescent genetic susceptibility to mosquito bites using ordinal and comparative rating data.
There are many other influences on how attractive people are to mosquitos, including diet, alcohol consumption, and various disease conditions.
answered 48 mins ago
iayork
9,30212036
There is a genetic component to mosquito's attraction to humans.
Female mosquitoes display preferences for certain individuals over others, which is determined by differences in volatile chemicals produced by the human body and detected by mosquitoes. ... Overall, there was a strong narrow-sense heritability of 0.62 (SE 0.124) for relative attraction and 0.67 (0.354) for flight activity based on the average of ten measurements. The results demonstrate an underlying genetic component detectable by mosquitoes through olfaction.
--Heritability of Attractiveness to Mosquitoes
However, analysis of a comparative rating variable "compared with your twin, who is bitten by mosquitoes more often?" indicated a strong genetic influence on frequency of being bitten by mosquitoes, with no significant differences observed between males and females.
--Twin study of adolescent genetic susceptibility to mosquito bites using ordinal and comparative rating data.
There are many other influences on how attractive people are to mosquitos, including diet, alcohol consumption, and various disease conditions.
answered 48 mins ago
iayork
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answered 48 mins ago
iayork
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answered 48 mins ago
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answered 48 mins ago
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