Figure 2

Midgut protein differences between male and female Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes. Spot number refers to the labelling used in Figure 1. SDP denotes a protein detected in sugar-fed mosquitoes that was absent from blood-fed mosquitoes; BDP: absent from sugar-fed mosquitoes and present in blood-fed mosquitoes; constitutive: present in both blood-fed and sugar-fed mosquitoes [Female-specific proteins: dark shaded fields; Male-specific proteins: light shaded fields].