Genome sequence of the Asian Tiger mosquito, Aedes albopictus, reveals insights into its biology, genetics, and evolution

The Asian tiger mosquito, Aedes albopictus, is a highly successful invasive species that transmits a number of human viral diseases, including dengue and Chikungunya fevers. This species has a large genome with significant population-based size variation. The complete genome sequence was determined...

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Main Authors: Chen, Xiao-Guang (Author), Jiang, Xuanting (Author), Gu, Jinbao (Author), Xu, Meng (Author), Wu, Yang (Author), Deng, Yuhua (Author), Zhang, Chi (Author), Bonizzoni, Mariangela (Author), Dermauw, Wannes (Author), Vontas, John (Author), Armbruster, Peter (Author), Huang, Xin (Author), Yang, Yulan (Author), Zhang, Hao (Author), He, Weiming (Author), Peng, Hongjuan (Author), Liu, Yongfeng (Author), Wu, Kun (Author), Chen, Jiahua (Author), Lirakis, Manolis (Author), Topalis, Pantelis (Author), Van Leeuwen, Thomas (Author), Hall, Andrew Brantley (Author), Jiang, Xiaofang (Author), Thorpe, Chevon (Author), Mueller, Rachel Lockridge (Author), Sun, Cheng (Author), Yan, Guiyun (Author), Tu, Zhijian Jake (Author), Fang, Xiaodong (Author), James, Anthony A. (Author), Waterhouse, Robert (Contributor)
Other Authors: Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard (Contributor), Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (Contributor)
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Language:English
Published: National Academy of Sciences (U.S.), 2016-11-03T18:49:24Z.
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