Related Experiment Video
Updated: Jun 14, 2026
08:48
High-throughput Physical Mapping of Chromosomes using Automated in situ Hybridization
Published on: June 28, 2012
11.6K
Chromosomal reference genome sequences for the malaria mosquito, Anopheles coustani, Laveran, 1900
Lemonde B A Bouafou1,2, Diego Ayala1,3, Boris K Makanga4
1MIVEGEC, Univ. Montpellier, CNRS, IRD, Montpellier, France.
Wellcome Open Research
|October 21, 2024
Abstract:
We present genome assembly from individual female An. coustani (African malaria mosquito; Arthropoda; Insecta; Diptera; Culicidae) from Lopé, Gabon. The genome sequence is 270 megabases in span. Most of the assembly is scaffolded into three chromosomal pseudomolecules with the X sex chromosome assembled for both species. The complete mitochondrial genome was also assembled and is 15.4 kilobases in length.
Related Concept Videos
01:29Malaria
Malaria pathogenesis in humans reflects a delicate interplay between parasite biology and host response. Clinical illness reflects a host’s immune response to the parasite’s asexual replication cycle, which is often asymptomatic in individuals with partial immunity. From the parasite's perspective, transmission between mosquito and human with minimal host pathology is evolutionarily advantageous. Among the six Plasmodium species infecting humans, P. falciparum and P. vivax dominate in global...
01:22American Trypanosomiasis
Chagas disease, or American trypanosomiasis, is a vector-borne parasitic infection caused by Trypanosoma cruzi, a flagellated protozoan (kinetoplastid) of the family Trypanosomatidae. The disease is endemic in Latin America, although cases are increasingly reported worldwide due to human migration. Transmission most commonly occurs when feces of infected triatomine bugs contaminate bite wounds or mucosal surfaces; additional routes include congenital, transfusional, transplant-related, and oral...