From ground pools to treeholes: convergent evolution of habitat and phenotype in Aedes mosquitoes

Abstract Background Invasive mosquito species are responsible for millions of vector-borne disease cases annually. The global invasive success of Aedes mosquitoes such as Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus has relied on the human transport of immature stages in container habitats. However, despite t...

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Main Authors: John Soghigian, Theodore G. Andreadis, Todd P. Livdahl
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2017-12-01
Series:BMC Evolutionary Biology
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12862-017-1092-y