Wolbachia Genome Stability and mtDNA Variants in Aedes aegypti Field Populations Eight Years after Release

Bixing Huang; Qiong Yang; Ary A Hoffmann; Scott A Ritchie; Andrew F van den Hurk; David Warrilow

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Wolbachia Genome Stability and mtDNA Variants in Aedes aegypti Field Populations Eight Years after Release

Bixing Huang, Qiong Yang, Ary A Hoffmann, Scott A Ritchie, Andrew F van den Hurk, David Warrilow

ISCIENCE | CELL PRESS | Published : 2020

DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2020.101572

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Abstract

Biological Sciences; Entomology; Parasitology; Virology; Genomics

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Funding Acknowledgements

Many thanks to Rikki Graham for advice on microbiology. We also thank Jason Axford for Aedes colony material; Michael Townsend, Thomas Schmidt, and Perran Ross for field Aedes aegypti samples; Peter Horne and Joe Davis for providing the map; Heng Lin Yeap for advice on mitochondrial DNA analysis; and Ana Ramirez for providing the image of Aedes aegypti for the graphical abstract (available from: Rami ' rez, Ana L. (2019): Aedes aegypti mosquito. figshare. Figure. https://doi.org/10.6084/m9.figshare.7155857).Finally, thanks to Cassie Jansen for comments on the manuscript. The Wolbachia genome component was internally funded by Forensic and Scientific Services of Australia, grant number RSS19-001. ThemtDNA component of this research was funded by the National Health and Medical Research Council of Australia, grant numbers 1132412 and 1118640.