Why female anopheles mosquito is one that transmitted malaria not male mosquito?
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Female anopheles mosquitoes are the ones that transmit malaria because they require blood from humans or animals for egg production. While both male and female mosquitoes feed on plant nectar, only females need a blood meal to produce viable eggs. It is during a female mosquito’s blood meal that the malaria parasite, Plasmodium, can be transmitted from an infected person to a healthy person. Male mosquitoes do not take blood meals and therefore cannot transmit malaria.
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