The genome trilogy of Anopheles stephensi, an urban malaria vector, reveals structure of a locus associated with adaptation to environmental heterogeneity
Abstract:Background: Anopheles stephensi is the most menacing malaria vector to watch for in newly urbanizing parts of the world. The fitness is reported to be a direct consequence of the vector adapting to laying eggs in over-head water tanks with street-side water puddles polluted by oil and sewage. Large frequent inversions of malaria vectors are implicated in adaptation.
Results: We report the assembly of a strain of An. stephensi of the type-form, collected from a construction site from Chennai (IndCh) in 2016. T… Show more
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