Highlights•Nonretroviral RNA viruses Endogenous Viral Elements (nrEVEs) are ten folds
more abundant in Aedes than all other mosquitoes.•Aedes nrEVEs are enriched in piRNA …

The Asian tiger mosquito Aedes albopictus is contributing to the (re)-emergence of
Chikungunya virus (CHIKV). To gain insights into the molecular underpinning of viral …

Background Domestication is a complex, multi-stage and species-specific process that
results in organisms living close to humans. In the arboviral vector Aedes aegypti adaptation …

Eukaryotic genomes harbour sequences derived from non‐retroviral RNA viruses, known as
endogenous viral elements (EVEs) or non‐retroviral integrated RNA virus sequences …

Background Low-complexity data analysis is the area that addresses the search and
quantification of regions in sequences of elements that contain low-complexity or repetitive …

Viral metagenomics enables the detection, characterization, and quantification of viral
sequences present in shotgun-sequenced datasets of purified virus-like particles and whole …

The transfer of genetic material between viruses and eukaryotic cells is pervasive. Somatic
integrations of DNA viruses and retroviruses have been linked to persistent viral infection …

Vector-borne pathogens cause many human infectious diseases and are responsible for
high mortality and morbidity throughout the world. They can also cause livestock epidemics …