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Mosquito sex determination: recent advances and applications
Melanie Hempel1, Joseph D Warren1, Jiangtao Liang1
1Department of Biochemistry and the Fralin Life Sciences Institute Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USA.
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Mosquitoes have evolved divergent sex-determining chromosomes, and they employ diverse primary signals for sex determination. As only females feed on vertebrate blood, manipulating genes involved in sex determination can facilitate genetic control measures for mosquito-borne infectious diseases, such as dengue and malaria. We highlight new advances in mosquito sex determination, describe innovative applications, and discuss relevant evolutionary insights and future directions.

