The rapid evolution of repetitive DNA sequences, including satellite DNA, tandem
duplications, and transposable elements, underlies phenotypic evolution and contributes to …

Animals face the dual threat of virus infections hijacking cellular function and transposons
proliferating in germline genomes. For insects, the deeply conserved RNA interference …

The principles and function of chromatin and nuclear architecture have been extensively
studied in model organisms, such as Drosophila melanogaster. However, little is known …

Malaria remains a major healthcare risk to growing economies like India, and a
chromosome-level reference genome of Anopheles stephensi is critical for successful vector …

Anopheles baimaii, a primary vector of human malaria in Southeast Asia's forested regions,
including Thailand, plays a pivotal role in pathogen transmission. The lack of a reference …

Background Anopheles coluzzii is one of the primary vectors of human malaria in sub-
Saharan Africa. Recently, it has colonized the main cities of Central Africa threatening vector …

[Results] To better understand the role of TEs in rapid urban adaptation, we sequenced
using long-reads six An. coluzzii genomes from natural breeding sites in two major Central …

Mosquitoes from the Anopheles genus have been extensively studied given their role as
vectors of several human infectious diseases. While the genomes of 27 species are …