Genome sequence of Aedes aegypti, a major arbovirus vector.

We present a draft sequence of the genome of Aedes aegypti, the primary vector for yellow fever and dengue fever, which at approximately 1376 million base pairs is about 5 times the size of the genome of the malaria vector Anopheles gambiae. Nearly 50% of the Ae. aegypti genome consists of transposa...

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Main Authors: Nene, V, Wortman, JR, Lawson, D, Haas, B, Kodira, C, Tu, Z, Loftus, B, Xi, Z, Megy, K, Grabherr, M, Ren, Q, Zdobnov, E, Lobo, N, Campbell, K, Brown, SE, Bonaldo, M, Zhu, J, Sinkins, S, Hogenkamp, D, Amedeo, P, Arensburger, P, Atkinson, P, Bidwell, S, Biedler, J, Birney, E
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: 2007