Complete mitochondrial genomes of Arizona West Nile virus vectors, Culex quinquefasciatus and Culex tarsalis
Zachary A. Barrand, Chase L. Ridenour, Daryn E. Erickson, Alexis N. Rivas, Brooke K. Schmidt, James B. Will, Steven J. Young, Nicole Busser, John Townsend, Daniel Enriquez, Danyael Murphy, Shukmei Wong, Jonathan J. Keats, Sophia T. Carvalho, Geoffrey Michael Attardo, , Crystal M. Hepp
The paper reports the first complete mitochondrial genomes of two West Nile virus vectors in Arizona using long-read sequencing and presents a novel method for obtaining full-length mitogenomes.
bioRxiv · Aug 21, 2026 · PreprintGenomics