In the pursuit of better pest-and vector-control strategies, attention returns to an old proven
technology, the sterile insect technique (SIT) and related insect population-suppression …

Mosquitoes are widely despised for their exasperating buzzing and irritating bites, and more
poignantly because, during blood-feeding, females may transmit pathogens that cause …

Abstract Background Anopheles coluzzii and Anopheles arabiensis belong to the
Anopheles gambiae complex and are among the major malaria vectors in sub-Saharan …

I-PpoI is a homing endonuclease that has a high cleavage activity and specificity for a
conserved sequence within the ribosomal rDNA repeats, located in a single cluster on the …

Isolation mechanisms between mosquito species of the Anopheles gambiae complex, which
includes major malaria vectors, remain poorly understood. In some cases, pre-zygotic …

Despite efforts to explore the genome of the malaria vector Anopheles gambiae, the Y
chromosome of this species remains enigmatic. The large number of repetitive and …

Heterochromatin is identified as a potential factor driving diversification of species. To
understand the magnitude of heterochromatin variation within the Anopheles gambiae …

Sex-ratio distorters based on X-chromosome shredding are more efficient than sterile male
releases for population suppression. X-shredding is a form of sex distortion that skews …

Despite the importance of Y‐chromosomes in evolution and sex determination, their
heterochromatic, repeat‐rich nature makes them difficult to sequence (due, in part, to …

Understanding the sex determination pathway and its disruptions in mosquitoes is critical for
the effective control of disease vectors through genetic manipulations based on sex …