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

• Published in: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences - PNAS Vol. 112; no. 44; pp. E5907 - E5915
• Main Authors: Chen, Xiao-Guang, Jiang, Xuanting, Gu, Jinbao, Xu, Meng, Wu, Yang, Deng, Yuhua, Zhang, Chi, Bonizzoni, Mariangela, Dermauw, Wannes, Vontas, John, Armbruster, Peter, Huang, Xin, Yang, Yulan, Zhang, Hao, He, Weiming, Peng, Hongjuan, Liu, Yongfeng, Wu, Kun, Chen, Jiahua, Lirakis, Manolis, Topalis, Pantelis, Van Leeuwen, Thomas, Hall, Andrew Brantley, Jiang, Xiaofang, Thorpe, Chevon, Mueller, Rachel Lockridge, Sun, Cheng, Waterhouse, Robert Michael, Yan, Guiyun, Tu, Zhijian Jake, Fang, Xiaodong, James, Anthony A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: United States National Academy of Sciences 03.11.2015; National Acad Sciences
• Series: PNAS Plus
• Subjects: Adaptability; Aedes - classification; Aedes - genetics; Aedes - physiology; Aedes albopictus; Animals; Aquatic insects; Biological Sciences; Dengue fever; Deoxyribonucleic acid; DNA; Evolution, Molecular; Genetics; Genome, Insect; Genomes; Insecticides; Invasive insects; Invasive species; Mosquitoes; Nonnative species; Olfaction; Phylogeny; PNAS Plus; Vector-borne diseases; Viral diseases; China; China, People's Rep; diapause; transposons; insecticide resistance; mosquito genome; flavivirus

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 fo...