Aedes Mosquitoes

Neofunctionalization driven by positive selection led to the retention of the loqs2 gene encoding an Aedes specific dsRNA binding protein

Mosquito borne viruses, such as dengue, Zika, yellow fever and Chikungunya, cause millions of infections every year. These viruses are …

Carlos F. Estevez-Castro, Murillo F. Rodrigues, Antinéa Babarit, Flávia v. Ferreira, Elisa G. De Andrade, Eric Marois, Rodrigo Cogni, Eric R. G. R. Aguiar, João T. Marques, Roenick P. Olmo