In the Americas, areas with a high risk of malaria transmission are mainly located in the
Amazon Forest, which extends across nine countries. One keystone step to understanding …

Abstract Culicoides Latreille biting midges (Diptera: Ceratopogonidae) cause a significant
biting nuisance to humans, livestock and equines, and are the biological vectors of a range …

Introduction The notion that species boundaries can be porous to introgression is
increasingly accepted. Yet the broader role of introgression in evolution remains contentious …

INTRODUCTION Control of mosquito vectors has historically proven to be an effective
means of eliminating malaria. Human malaria is transmitted only by mosquitoes in the genus …

Background Anopheles stephensi is the key vector of malaria throughout the Indian
subcontinent and Middle East and an emerging model for molecular and genetic studies of …

Predicting phenotype from genotype represents the epitome of biological questions.
Comparative genomics of appropriate model organisms holds the promise of making it …

Chromosomal inversions have been repeatedly involved in local adaptation in a large
number of animals and plants. The ecological and behavioral plasticity of Anopheles …

Background Anopheles funestus is one of the 3 most consequential and widespread vectors
of human malaria in tropical Africa. However, the lack of a high-quality reference genome …

Phlebotomine sand flies are of global significance as important vectors of human disease,
transmitting bacterial, viral, and protozoan pathogens, including the kinetoplastid parasites …

Translational stop codon readthrough emerged as a major regulatory mechanism affecting
hundreds of genes in animal genomes, based on recent comparative genomics and …