2018
De Novo Mutations Resolve Disease Transmission Pathways in Clonal Malaria
Redmond SN, MacInnis BM, Bopp S, Bei AK, Ndiaye D, Hartl DL, Wirth DF, Volkman SK, Neafsey DE. De Novo Mutations Resolve Disease Transmission Pathways in Clonal Malaria. Molecular Biology And Evolution 2018, 35: 1678-1689. PMID: 29722884, PMCID: PMC5995194, DOI: 10.1093/molbev/msy059.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsDe novo mutationsEvolutionary ratesSlow evolutionary rateNovo mutationsComplex life cycleSlow generation timeLow-complexity regionsGenomic regionsLarge genomesGenomic epidemiology approachReintroduction scenariosCombination of sequencingP. falciparumViral speciesMutation rateClonal lineagesGenomeMutation studiesLibrary preparationIdentical parasitesGeneration timeBacterial pathogensMalaria parasitesMutationsGenomic epidemiology
2010
SNP Genotyping Defines Complex Gene-Flow Boundaries Among African Malaria Vector Mosquitoes
Neafsey D, Lawniczak M, Park D, Redmond S, Coulibaly M, Traoré S, Sagnon N, Costantini C, Johnson C, Wiegand R, Collins F, Lander E, Wirth D, Kafatos F, Besansky N, Christophides G, Muskavitch M. SNP Genotyping Defines Complex Gene-Flow Boundaries Among African Malaria Vector Mosquitoes. Science 2010, 330: 514-517. PMID: 20966254, PMCID: PMC4811326, DOI: 10.1126/science.1193036.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGenomic differentiationGenome-wide monitoringGreater genetic divergenceVector mosquito populationsMalaria vector mosquitoesAfrican malaria vector mosquitoesReproductive isolationBehavioral diversificationGenetic divergenceGenomic regionsNatural selectionPopulation structurePolymorphic inversionsSelective eventsSNP genotypingVector control effortsMosquito populationsVector mosquitoesDifferentiationComplex showDivergenceMosquitoesCentromeresGenomeSpecies