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 …

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

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

Fragmentation of natural environments as a result of human interference has been
associated with a decrease in species richness and increase in abundance of a few species …

In West Africa, lineage splitting between the M and S molecular forms of the major Afro‐
tropical malaria mosquito, Anopheles gambiae (Diptera: Culicidae), is thought to be driven …

Background Speciation among members of the Anopheles gambiae complex is thought to
be promoted by disruptive selection and ecological divergence acting on sets of adaptation …

Chromosome inversions have fascinated the scientific community, mainly because of their
role in the rapid adaption of different taxa to changing environments. However, the …

In 2012, an unusual outbreak of urban malaria was reported from Djibouti City in the Horn of
Africa and increasingly severe outbreaks have been reported annually ever since …