The chromosome-scale genome assembly for the West Nile vector Culex quinquefasciatus uncovers patterns of genome evolution in mosquitoes.

Sergei S RyazanskyChujia ChenMark PottersAnastasia N NaumenkoVarvara LukyanchikovaReem A MasriIlya I BrusentsovDmitriy A KaragodinAndrey A YurchenkoVitor L Dos AnjosYuki HabaNoah H RoseJinna HoffmanRong GuoTheresa MennaMelissa KelleyEmily FerrillKaren E SchultzYumin QiAtashi SharmaStéphane DeschampsVictor LlacaChunhong MaoTerence D MurphyElina M BarichevaScott EmrichMegan L FritzJoshua B BenoitIgor V SharakhovCarolyn S McBrideZhijian TuMaria V Sharakhova

Published in: BMC biology (2024)

The improved Cx. quinquefasciatus genome assembly uncovered new details of mosquito genome evolution and has the potential to speed up the development of novel vector control strategies.

Keyphrases

aedes aegypti
zika virus
genome wide
dengue virus
gene expression
copy number
climate change
risk assessment