Stuttering DNA orchestrates the start of the mosquito’s life

There are large parts of the DNA that are not used for making proteins. This is called ‘junk DNA’, because its function remained unclear for a long time. However, a certain type of junk DNA that is found in mosquitoes and which repeats itself dozens of times, known as ‘satellite DNA’, has now been shown to play an essential role in the early development of mosquito embryos.

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