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Dual African Origins of Global Aedes aegypti s.l. Populations Revealed by Mitochondrial DNA
(PLOS, 2013-04)
Background: Aedes aegypti is the primary global vector to humans of yellow fever and dengue flaviviruses. Over the past 50 years, many population genetic studies have documented large genetic differences among global ...
Reproductive Incompatibility Involving Senegalese Aedes aegypti (L) Is Associated with Chromosome Rearrangements
(PLOS, 2016-04)
Aedes aegypti, the primary vector of dengue, yellow fever and Zika flaviviruses, consists of at least two subspecies. Aedes aegypti (Aaa) is light in color, has pale scales on the first abdominal tergite, oviposits in ...
Partial-arm translocations in evolution of malaria mosquitoes revealed by high-coverage physical mapping of the Anopheles atroparvus genome
(2018-04-23)
Background
Malaria mosquitoes have had a remarkable stability in the number of chromosomes in their karyotype (2n = 6) during 100 million years of evolution. Moreover, autosomal arms were assumed to maintain their integrity ...
Linked-read sequencing identifies abundant microinversions and introgression in the arboviral vector Aedes aegypti
(2020-03-12)
Background
Aedes aegypti is the principal mosquito vector of Zika, dengue, and yellow fever viruses. Two subspecies of Ae. aegypti exhibit phenotypic divergence with regard to habitat, host preference, and vectorial capacity. ...
Genomic composition and evolution of Aedes aegypti chromosomes revealed by the analysis of physically mapped supercontigs
(Biomed Central Ltd, 2014-04-14)
Background An initial comparative genomic study of the malaria vector Anopheles gambiae and the yellow fever mosquito Aedes aegypti revealed striking differences in the genome assembly size and in the abundance of transposable ...
A Gene-Based Method for Cytogenetic Mapping of Repeat-Rich Mosquito Genomes
(MDPI, 2021-02-06)
Long-read sequencing technologies have opened up new avenues of research on the mosquito genome biology, enabling scientists to better understand the remarkable abilities of vectors for transmitting pathogens. Although new ...
Chromosome and Genome Divergence between the Cryptic Eurasian Malaria Vector-Species Anopheles messeae and Anopheles daciae
(MDPI, 2020-02-05)
Chromosomal inversions are important drivers of genome evolution. The Eurasian malaria vector <i>Anopheles</i> <i>messeae</i> has five polymorphic inversions. A cryptic species, <i>An. daciae</i>, has been discriminated ...
Physical Mapping of the Anopheles (Nyssorhynchus) darlingi Genomic Scaffolds
(MDPI, 2021-02-15)
The genome assembly of <i>Anopheles darlingi</i> consists of 2221 scaffolds (N50 = 115,072 bp) and has a size spanning 136.94 Mbp. This assembly represents one of the smallest genomes among <i>Anopheles</i> species. ...
The Development of Cytogenetic Maps for Malaria Mosquitoes
(MDPI, 2018-09-17)
Anopheline mosquitoes are important vectors of human malaria. Next-generation sequencing opens new opportunities for studies of mosquito genomes to uncover the genetic basis of a <i>Plasmodium</i> transmission. Physical ...
The new Internal Transcribed Spacer 2 diagnostic tool clarifies the taxonomic position and geographic distribution of the North American malaria vector Anopheles punctipennis
(2021-03-10)
Background
The malaria mosquito Anopheles punctipennis, a widely distributed species in North America, is capable of transmitting human malaria and is actively involved in the transmission of the ungulate ...