A high heterozygosity genome assembly of Aedes albopictus enables the discovery of the association of PGANT3 with blood-feeding behavior

• Published in: BMC genomics Vol. 25; no. 1; pp. 336 - 17
• Main Authors: Deng, Yuhua, Ren, Shuyi, Liu, Qiong, Zhou, Dan, Zhong, Caimei, Jin, Yabin, Xie, Lihua, Gu, Jinbao, Xiao, Chuanle
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: England BioMed Central Ltd 03.04.2024; BioMed Central; BMC
• Subjects: Aedes; Aedes albopictus; Analysis; Animal behavior; Animals; Aquatic insects; Assembly; Behavior; Chromosomes; Dengue fever; Feeding Behavior; Gene expression; Genes; Genetic aspects; Genetic structure; Genome assemble; Genomes; Genomics; Health aspects; Hematophagous behavior; Heterozygosity; Humans; Insects; Introduced species; Invasive species; Mosquito Vectors - genetics; Mosquitoes; PGANT3; Phylogeny; RNA; RNA-mediated interference; Strategy; Synteny; Vector-borne diseases; China; PGANT3; Aedes albopictus; Hematophagous behavior; Genome assemble; Heterozygosity

The Asian tiger mosquito, Aedes albopictus , is a global invasive species, notorious for its role in transmitting dangerous human arboviruses such as dengue and Chikungunya. Although hematophagous behavior is repulsive, it is an effective strategy for mosquitoes like Aedes albopictus to transmit vir...