This paper introduces a method to infer intergenerational dispersal and detect barriers using close kin dyads in mosquito populations, validated with genome-wide data from Aedes aegypti.

The American Naturalist · Aug 11, 2022Peer-reviewedGenetics

Voltage-sensitive sodium channel (Vssc) mutations associated with pyrethroid insecticide resistance in Aedes aegypti (L.) from Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia - baseline information for a Wolbachia release program

Nancy M. Endersby‐Harshman, AboElgasim Ali, Basim Alhumrani, Mohammed Alkuriji, Mohammed B. Al-Fageeh, Abdulaziz Almalik, Mohammed S. Alsuabeyl, Samia Elfékih, Ary A. Hoffmann

This study identifies Vssc mutations associated with pyrethroid resistance in Ae. aegypti from Jeddah, providing baseline data for a Wolbachia release program.

Parasites & Vectors · Jul 11, 2021Peer-reviewedGenetics

Failure to replicate the association of rare loss-of-function variants in type I IFN immunity genes with severe COVID-19

Gundula Povysil, Guillaume Butler‐Laporte, Ning Shang, Chen Wang, Atlas Khan, Manal A. Alaamery, Tomoko Nakanishi, Sirui Zhou, Vincenzo Forgetta, Robert J. M. Eveleigh, Mathieu Bourgey, Naveed Aziz, Steven J.M. Jones, Bartha Maria Knoppers, Stephen W. Scherer, , Krzysztof Kiryluk

The paper investigates the association of rare loss-of-function variants in type I IFN immunity genes with severe COVID-19 and finds no significant association.

Journal of Clinical Investigation · May 27, 2021Peer-reviewedGenetic & Genomic Medicine