The transgenic mosquitoes were made by actiating the SM1 peptide gene in the lumen of their midgut, where the Plasmodium parasite lies during its mosquito -host phase.

• 转基因蚊子使通过激活它们体内中肠腔的SM1肽基因而制造出来的，而疟原虫在蚊子宿主期的时候居住在中肠腔里。