2015
Whole genome capture of vector-borne pathogens from mixed DNA samples: a case study of Borrelia burgdorferi
Carpi G, Walter KS, Bent SJ, Hoen AG, Diuk-Wasser M, Caccone A. Whole genome capture of vector-borne pathogens from mixed DNA samples: a case study of Borrelia burgdorferi. BMC Genomics 2015, 16: 434. PMID: 26048573, PMCID: PMC4458057, DOI: 10.1186/s12864-015-1634-x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsWhole-genome captureGenome captureGenomic studiesPopulation genomic studiesArthropod vectorsPathogen DNABorrelia burgdorferi genomeNext-generation sequencing technologiesWhole genome sequencesMixed DNA templatesCulture-independent methodsGeneration sequencing technologyPathogen sequence dataFine-resolution studiesGenome sequenceVector-borne pathogensMixed DNA samplesSingle nucleotide polymorphismsComplete genomeEvolutionary dynamicsSequence dataSequencing technologiesDisease vectorsStudy systemDNA template
1999
Population structure, speciation, and introgression in the Anopheles gambiae complex.
Powell JR, Petrarca V, della Torre A, Caccone A, Coluzzi M. Population structure, speciation, and introgression in the Anopheles gambiae complex. Parassitologia 1999, 41: 101-13. PMID: 10697841.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsAnopheles gambiae complexGambiae complexPopulation structureAdaptive genetic variationPresence of introgressionChromosome inversion polymorphismsDistribution of karyotypesMicro-geographic scaleGambiae s.Major environmental variablesDistinct genetic formsCryptic taxaPanmictic unitInversion polymorphismPhylogenetic dataChromosome inversionsLevels of aridityPhylogenetic studiesEvolutionary dynamicsGenetic variationWest African populationsImportant vectorKaryotype studiesMolecular studiesEnvironmental variables