Urban population structure and dispersal of an Australian mosquito (Aedes notoscriptus) involved in disease transmission

Veronique Paris; Rahul V Rane; Peter T Mee; Stacey E Lynch; Ary A Hoffmann; Thomas L Schmidt

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Urban population structure and dispersal of an Australian mosquito (Aedes notoscriptus) involved in disease transmission

Veronique Paris, Rahul V Rane, Peter T Mee, Stacey E Lynch, Ary A Hoffmann, Thomas L Schmidt

HEREDITY | SPRINGERNATURE | Published : 2023

DOI: 10.1038/s41437-022-00584-4

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Abstract

Dispersal is a critical parameter for successful pest control measures as it determines the rate of movement across target control areas and influences the risk of human exposure. We used a fine-scale spatial population genomic approach to investigate the dispersal ecology and population structure of Aedes notoscriptus, an important disease transmitting mosquito at the Mornington Peninsula, Australia. We sampled and reared Ae. notoscriptus eggs at two time points from 170 traps up to 5 km apart and generated genomic data from 240 individuals. We also produced a draft genome assembly from a laboratory colony established from mosquitoes sampled near the study area. We found low genetic structu..

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Funding Acknowledgements

This research was funded by a University of Melbourne Early Career Researcher grant awarded to TLS and by the NHMRC Partnership project 1196396. VP was financially supported by the Australian Government Research Training Program Scholarship. TLS was supported by Program Grant 1132412. AAH was supported by the NHMRC grant 1118640.