Improved reference genome of Aedes aegypti informs arbovirus vector control

J. Matthews, Benjamin; Dudchenko, Olga; B. Kingan, Sarah; Koren, Sergey; Antoshechkin, Igor; E. Crawford, Jacob; J. Glassford, William; Herre, Margaret; Redmond, Seth; H. Rose, Noah; D. Weedall, Gareth; Wu, Yang; Singh Batra, Sanjit; A. Brito-Sierra, Carlos; D. Buckingham, Steven; L. Campbell, Corey; Chan, Saki; Cox, Eric; Evans, Benjamin; Fansiri, Thanyalak; Filipović, Igor; Fontaine, Albin; Gloria‐Soria, Andrea; Hall, Richard; Joardar, Vinita; K. Jones, Andrew; G. G. Kay, Raissa; K. Kodali, Vamsi; Lee, Joyce; Lycett, Gareth; N. Mitchell, Sara; Muehling, Jill; R. Murphy, Michael; D. Omer, Arina; A. Partridge, Frederick; Peluso, Paul; Presser Aiden, Aviva; Ramasamy, Vidya; Rašić, Gordana; Roy, Sourav; Saavedra-Rodríguez, Karla; Sharan, Shruti; Sharma, Atashi; Smith, Melissa; Turner, Joe; M. Weakley, Allison; Zhao, Zhilei; S. Akbari, Omar; C. Black, William; Cao, Han; C. Darby, Alistair; A. Hill, Catherine; Spencer Johnston, J.; D. Murphy, Terence; S. Raikhel, Alexander; B. Sattelle, David; V. Sharakhov, Igor; J. White, Bradley; Zhao, Li; Lieberman Aiden, Erez; S. Mann, Richard; Lambrechts, Louis; R. Powell, Jeffrey; V. Sharakhova, Maria; Tu, Zhijian; M. Robertson, Hugh; S. McBride, Carolyn; Hastie, Alex; Korlach, Jonas; E. Neafsey, Daniel; M. Phillippy, Adam; B. Vosshall, Leslie

doi:10.1038/s41586-018-0692-z

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Improved reference genome of Aedes aegypti informs arbovirus vector control

Published in Nature • Nov 14, 2018

Authors:

Benjamin J. Matthews

Olga Dudchenko

Sarah B. Kingan

Abstract

Female Aedes aegypti mosquitoes infect more than 400 million people each year with dangerous viral pathogens including dengue, yellow fever, Zika and chikungunya. Progress in understanding the biology of mosquitoes and developing the tools to fight them has been slowed by the lack of a high-quality ...

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Arbovirus

Aedes aegypti

Vector (molecular biology)

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