Imaginal discs--a new source of chromosomes for genome mapping of the yellow fever mosquito Aedes aegypti.

• Main Authors: Maria V Sharakhova (Author), Vladimir A Timoshevskiy (Author), Fan Yang (Author), Sergei Iu Demin (Author), David W Severson (Author), Igor V Sharakhov (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2011-10-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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The mosquito Aedes aegypti is the primary global vector for dengue and yellow fever viruses. Sequencing of the Ae. aegypti genome has stimulated research in vector biology and insect genomics. However, the current genome assembly is highly fragmented with only ~31% of the genome being assigned to ch...