An integrated linkage, chromosome, and genome map for the yellow fever mosquito Aedes aegypti.

• Main Authors: Vladimir A Timoshevskiy (Author), David W Severson (Author), Becky S Debruyn (Author), William C Black (Author), Igor V Sharakhov (Author), Maria V Sharakhova (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS), 2013-01-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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Aedes aegypti, the yellow fever mosquito, is an efficient vector of arboviruses and a convenient model system for laboratory research. Extensive linkage mapping of morphological and molecular markers localized a number of quantitative trait loci (QTLs) related to the mosquito's ability to trans...