![](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080920091139im_/http://nsf.gov/images/x.gif) News From the Field Mosquito Genes Explain Response to Climate Change
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April 23, 2007
![News thumbnail](https://webarchive.library.unt.edu/eot2008/20080920091139im_/http://nsf.gov/news/other_images/1bio_l.gif) | University of Oregon researchers studying mosquitoes have produced the first chromosomal map that shows regions of chromosomes that activate--and are apparently evolving--in animals in response to climate change. The map will allow researchers to narrow their focus to identify specific genes that control the seasonal development of animals.
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