2017
Genetic diversity of the African malaria vector Anopheles gambiae
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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 showDivergenceMosquitoesCentromeresGenomeSpeciesWidespread Divergence Between Incipient Anopheles gambiae Species Revealed by Whole Genome Sequences
Lawniczak M, Emrich S, Holloway A, Regier A, Olson M, White B, Redmond S, Fulton L, Appelbaum E, Godfrey J, Farmer C, Chinwalla A, Yang S, Minx P, Nelson J, Kyung K, Walenz B, Garcia-Hernandez E, Aguiar M, Viswanathan L, Rogers Y, Strausberg R, Saski C, Lawson D, Collins F, Kafatos F, Christophides G, Clifton S, Kirkness E, Besansky N. Widespread Divergence Between Incipient Anopheles gambiae Species Revealed by Whole Genome Sequences. Science 2010, 330: 512-514. PMID: 20966253, PMCID: PMC3674514, DOI: 10.1126/science.1195755.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSpeciation processGenome sequencePrevious genome-wide scanHeterogeneous genomic divergenceAnopheles gambiae speciesGenome-wide scanUnknown genetic mechanismsWhole genome sequencesGene flowGenomic divergenceLarval ecologyGambiae speciesAnopheles gambiae sensu strictoPericentromeric regionGambiae sensu strictoGenetic mechanismsWidespread divergenceSensu strictoReproductive behaviorMajor vectorDivergenceSpeciationSequenceAppreciable levelsMolecular forms