Motivation: Genomics has revolutionized biological research, but quality assessment of the
resulting assembled sequences is complicated and remains mostly limited to technical …

Genomics promises comprehensive surveying of genomes and metagenomes, but rapidly
changing technologies and expanding data volumes make evaluation of completeness a …

Mosquitoes are vectors of parasitic and viral diseases of immense importance for public
health. The acquisition of the genome sequence of the yellow fever and Dengue vector, Aedes …

Tribolium castaneum is a member of the most species-rich eukaryotic order, a powerful model
organism for the study of generalized insect development, and an important pest of stored …

We report here genome sequences and comparative analyses of three closely related
parasitoid wasps: Nasonia vitripennis, N. giraulti, and N. longicornis. Parasitoids are important …

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 …

As an obligatory parasite of humans, the body louse (Pediculus humanus humanus) is an
important vector for human diseases, including epidemic typhus, relapsing fever, and trench …

Culex quinquefasciatus (the southern house mosquito) is an important mosquito vector of
viruses such as West Nile virus and St. Louis encephalitis virus, as well as of nematodes that …

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 …

Ticks transmit more pathogens to humans and animals than any other arthropod. We describe
the 2.1 Gbp nuclear genome of the tick, Ixodes scapularis (Say), which vectors pathogens …