Assembly of the genome of the disease vector Aedes aegypti onto a genetic linkage map allows mapping of genes affecting disease transmission.

• Main Authors: Punita Juneja (Author), Jewelna Osei-Poku (Author), Yung S Ho (Author), Cristina V Ariani (Author), William J Palmer (Author), Arnab Pain (Author), Francis M Jiggins (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The mosquito Aedes aegypti transmits some of the most important human arboviruses, including dengue, yellow fever and chikungunya viruses. It has a large genome containing many repetitive sequences, which has resulted in the genome being poorly assembled - there are 4,758 scaffolds, few of which hav...