Convergent evolutionary loss of chemosensory and blood-feeding pathways in non-blood-feeding mosquitoes
Leah Houri-Zeevi, Philipp Brand, Irene Arnoldi, Alexandra E. DeFoe, Jennifer Balacco, Nadav Shai, Alex Makunin, Umberto Palatini, Takako TOMA, Takao Okazawa, Chris Stone, Anita Schiller, Olivier D. Fedrigo, Erich David Jarvis, Mara Lawniczak, , Leslie B. Vosshall
The paper identifies convergent gene losses and expression changes associated with blood-feeding loss in non-blood-feeding mosquitoes.
bioRxiv · Sep 24, 2026 · PreprintGenomics