Disruptive selection mediated by predation on aquatic immature stages has been proposed
as a major force driving ecological divergence and fostering speciation between the M and …

Background Predation of aquatic immature stages has been identified as a major
evolutionary force driving habitat segregation and niche partitioning in the malaria mosquito …

Understanding how divergent selection generates adaptive phenotypic and population
diversification provides a mechanistic explanation of speciation in recently separated …

Divergent selection based on aquatic larval ecology is a likely factor in the recent isolation of
two broadly sympatric and morphologically identical African mosquito species, the malaria …

The African malaria mosquito Anopheles gambiae is undergoing speciation, being split into
the M and S molecular forms. Speciation is the main process promoting biological diversity …

Background The molecular forms of Anopheles gambiae are undergoing speciation. They
are characterized by a strong assortative mating and they display partial habitat segregation …

Background Anthropogenic habitat disturbance is a prime cause in the current trend of the
Earth's reduction in biodiversity. Here we show that the human footprint on the Central …

Background Ongoing lineage splitting within the African malaria mosquito Anopheles
gambiae is compatible with ecological speciation, the evolution of reproductive isolation by …

The Anopheles gambiae complex of mosquitoes includes malaria vectors at different stages
of speciation, whose study enables a better understanding of how adaptation to divergent …

The Anopheles gambiae complex contains a number of highly anthropophilic mosquito
species that have acquired exceptional ability to thrive in complex human habitats. Thus …