Introduction The notion that species boundaries can be porous to introgression is increasingly
accepted. Yet the broader role of introgression in evolution remains contentious and …

INTRODUCTION Control of mosquito vectors has historically proven to be an effective
means of eliminating malaria. Human malaria is transmitted only by mosquitoes in the genus …

Female Aedes aegypti mosquitoes infect more than 400 million people each year with
dangerous viral pathogens including dengue, yellow fever, Zika and chikungunya. Progress in …

Sex determination in the mosquito Aedes aegypti is governed by a dominant male-determining
factor (M factor) located within a Y chromosome–like region called the M locus. Here, we …

Background Anopheles stephensi is the key vector of malaria throughout the Indian subcontinent
and Middle East and an emerging model for molecular and genetic studies of mosquito-…

… Author links open overlay panel Igor V Sharakhov 1 , Maria V Sharakhova 1 2 … George,
IV Brusentsova, SC Leman, JA Bailey, CD Smith, IV Sharakhov … IV Sharakhov …

Polyploid giant cells are produced as part of the response of p53 mutant Burkitt's lymphoma
cell lines to high doses of irradiation. Polyploid giant cells arise by endo-reduplication in the …

Background Y chromosomes are responsible for the initiation of male development, male
fertility, and other male-related functions in diverse species. However, Y genes are rarely …

Paracentric chromosomal inversions are major architects of organismal evolution and have
been associated with adaptations relevant to malaria transmission in anopheline mosquitoes…

Bumblebees are a diverse group of globally important pollinators in natural ecosystems and
for agricultural food production. With both eusocial and solitary life-cycle phases, and some …