The invasion and subsequent establishment in California of Aedes aegypti in 2013 has
created new challenges for local mosquito abatement and vector control districts. Studies were …

Animal species adapt to changes in their environment, including man-made changes such
as the introduction of insecticides, through selection for advantageous genes already present …

A Cas9/guide RNA-based gene drive strain, AgNosCd-1, was developed to deliver antiparasite
effector molecules to the malaria vector mosquito, Anopheles gambiae. The drive system …

In certain cases, a species may have access to important genetic variation present in a
related species via adaptive introgression. These novel alleles may interact with their new …

The suggestion that genetic divergence can arise and/or be maintained in the face of gene
flow has been contentious since first proposed. This controversy and a rarity of good …

Aedes aegypti is the principal mosquito vector for many arboviruses that increasingly infect
millions of people every year. With an escalating burden of infections and the relative failure …

The spread of insecticide resistance genes in Anopheles gambiae Giles sensu stricto threatens
to compromise vector-based malaria control programs. Two mutations at the same locus …

Gene drive organisms (GDOs), whose genomes have been genetically engineered to spread
a desired allele through a population, have the potential to transform the way societies …

The M and S forms of Anopheles gambiae have been the focus of intense study by malaria
researchers and evolutionary biologists interested in ecological speciation. Divergence …

Malaria transmission is dependent on the propensity of Anopheles mosquitoes to bite humans
(anthropophily) instead of other dead end hosts. Recent increases in the usage of Long …