Tracking adaptive pathways of invasive insects: novel insight from genomics

Z Sun, Y Chen, Y Chen, Z Lu, F Gui - International Journal of Molecular …, 2023 - mdpi.com
Despite the huge human and economic costs of invasive insects, which are the main group
of invasive species, their environmental impacts through various mechanisms remain …

Mapping current and future thermal limits to suitability for malaria transmission by the invasive mosquito Anopheles stephensi

SJ Ryan, CA Lippi, OC Villena, A Singh, CC Murdock… - Malaria Journal, 2023 - Springer
Background Anopheles stephensi is a malaria-transmitting mosquito that has recently
expanded from its primary range in Asia and the Middle East, to locations in Africa. This …

The chromosome-scale genome assembly for the West Nile vector Culex quinquefasciatus uncovers patterns of genome evolution in mosquitoes

SS Ryazansky, C Chen, M Potters, AN Naumenko… - BMC biology, 2024 - Springer
Background Understanding genome organization and evolution is important for species
involved in transmission of human diseases, such as mosquitoes. Anophelinae and …

Identification of two insecticide resistance markers in Ethiopian Anopheles stephensi mosquitoes using a multiplex amplicon sequencing assay

H Acford-Palmer, JE Phelan, FG Tadesse, M Kristan… - Scientific Reports, 2023 - nature.com
Since its first detection in 2012 in Djibouti, Anopheles stephensi has invaded and
established in the Horn of Africa, and more recently Nigeria. The expansion of this vector …

Anopheles stephensi (Asian malaria mosquito)

F Ishtiaq, S Swain, SS Kumar - Trends in Parasitology, 2021 - cell.com
Anopheles stephensi originated in Southeast Asia and the Arabian Peninsula. It has recently
emerged as an efficient and invasive urban malaria vector. There are three known …

Anopheles mosquitoes reveal new principles of 3D genome organization in insects

V Lukyanchikova, M Nuriddinov… - Nature …, 2022 - nature.com
Chromosomes are hierarchically folded within cell nuclei into territories, domains and
subdomains, but the functional importance and evolutionary dynamics of these hierarchies …

Diversity, duplication, and genomic organization of homeobox genes in Lepidoptera

PO Mulhair, L Crowley, DH Boyes, A Harper… - Genome …, 2023 - genome.cshlp.org
Homeobox genes encode transcription factors with essential roles in patterning and cell fate
in developing animal embryos. Many homeobox genes, including Hox and NK genes, are …

The genome trilogy of Anopheles stephensi, an urban malaria vector, reveals structure of a locus associated with adaptation to environmental heterogeneity

A Thakare, C Ghosh, T Alalamath, N Kumar… - Scientific reports, 2022 - nature.com
Anopheles stephensi is the most menacing malaria vector to watch for in newly urbanising
parts of the world. Its fitness is reported to be a direct consequence of the vector adapting to …

Protective antibodies target cryptic epitope unmasked by cleavage of malaria sporozoite protein

C Dacon, R Moskovitz, K Swearingen… - Science, 2025 - science.org
The most advanced monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) and vaccines against malaria target the
central repeat region or closely related sequences within the Plasmodium falciparum …

Establishing a dominant early larval sex-selection strain in the Asian malaria vector Anopheles stephensi

SC Weng, F Chen, M Li, S Lee, C Gerry… - Infectious Diseases of …, 2024 - Springer
Background Genetic biocontrol interventions targeting mosquito-borne diseases require the
release of male mosquitoes exclusively, as only females consume blood and transmit …