Understanding the distribution of crossovers along chromosomes is crucial to evolutionary
genomics because the crossover rate determines how strongly a genome region is …

Female Aedes aegypti mosquitoes infect more than 400 million people each year with
dangerous viral pathogens including dengue, yellow fever, Zika and chikungunya. Progress …

The Zika outbreak, spread by the Aedes aegypti mosquito, highlights the need to create high-
quality assemblies of large genomes in a rapid and cost-effective way. Here we combine Hi …

The mosquito Aedes aegypti is a potent vector of the chikungunya, yellow fever, and dengue
viruses, responsible for hundreds of millions of infections and over 50,000 human deaths …

The mosquito-borne lymphatic filariasis (LF) is a parasitic, neglected tropical disease that
imposes an unbearable human scourge. Despite the unprecedented efforts in mass drug …

Background A complete genome sequence and the advent of genome editing open up non-
traditional model organisms to mechanistic genetic studies. The mosquito Aedes aegypti is …

The capacity of mosquitoes to resist insecticides threatens the control of diseases such as
dengue and malaria. Until alternative control tools are implemented, characterizing …

Background Genetic markers are widely used to understand the biology and population
dynamics of disease vectors, but often markers are limited in the resolution they provide. In …

Abstract Background The mosquito Aedes aegypti is the main vector of dengue, Zika,
chikungunya and yellow fever viruses. This major disease vector is thought to have arisen …

A dominant male-determining locus (M-locus) establishes the male sex (M/m) in the yellow
fever mosquito, Aedes aegypti. Nix, a gene in the M-locus, was shown to be a male …