Hybridization between Aedes aegypti and Aedes mascarensis mosquitoes leads to disruption of male sex determination

Abstract Understanding the sex determination pathway and its disruptions in mosquitoes is critical for the effective control of disease vectors through genetic manipulations based on sex separation. When male hybrids of Aedes aegypti females and Ae. mascarensis males are backcrossed to Ae. aegypti f...

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Published in:Communications Biology
Main Authors: Jiangtao Liang, Lin Kang, Pawel Michalak, Igor V. Sharakhov
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2024-07-01
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-024-06560-4