You’ll want to share this research with students

Check out this post by Jerry Coyne that summarizes research on malarial vector mosquitos.  Easy to understand exp. design, results, graphs and theory–all with potentially profound results.   I think this would make a great discussion focus or wait–maybe a source for a test item.

http://whyevolutionistrue.wordpress.com/2013/05/17/malaria-parasite-appears-to-change-the-host-mosquitos-behavior-in-an-adaptive-way/

The paper referenced is here in PLOS One

From the paper:

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