Insights Into an Unexplored Component of the Mosquito Repeatome: Distribution and Variability of Viral Sequences Integrated Into the Genome of the Arboviral Vector Aedes albopictus

Insights Into an Unexplored Component of the Mosquito Repeatome: Distribution and Variability of Viral Sequences Integrated Into the Genome of the Arboviral Vector Aedes albopictus

The Asian tiger mosquito Aedes albopictus is an invasive mosquito and a competent vector for public-health relevant arboviruses such as Chikungunya (Alphavirus), Dengue and Zika (Flavivirus) viruses. Unexpectedly, the sequencing of the genome of this mosquito revealed an unusually high number of int...

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Main Authors: Elisa Pischedda, Francesca Scolari, Federica Valerio, Rebeca Carballar-Lejarazú, Paolo Luigi Catapano, Robert M. Waterhouse, Mariangela Bonizzoni
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Frontiers Media S.A. 2019-02-01
Series:Frontiers in Genetics
Subjects:
mosquitoes
viral integrations
immunity
piRNA pathway
domestication
repeatome
Online Access:https://www.frontiersin.org/article/10.3389/fgene.2019.00093/full

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