Improved Aedes aegypti mosquito reference genome assembly enables biological discovery and vector control
Benjamin John Matthews, Olga Dudchenko, Sarah B. Kingan, Sergey Koren, Igor A. Antoshechkin, Jacob E. Crawford, William J. Glassford, Margaret Herre, Seth N. Redmond, Noah H. Rose, Gareth D. Weedall, Yang Wu, Sanjit Singh Batra, Carlos A. Brito-Sierra, Steven David Buckingham, , Leslie B. Vosshall
The paper presents an improved Aedes aegypti genome assembly, AaegL5, which enhances biological understanding and vector control efforts by resolving key genomic features and identifying new targets for intervention.
Nature · Nov 14, 2018Peer-reviewedGenomics