Mapping the Genetic Relatedness of Outdoor-Biting <i>Anopheles</i> Mosquitoes in Zambia.

ABSTRACT: The zoophilic and exophilic traits of outdoor-biting Anopheles have led to this group largely being overlooked for their role in malaria transmission, despite several species now recognized as locally important in regions of sub-Saharan Africa. Given the current limitations with identification of these understudied species, it is crucial to accurately correlate morphological features to molecular data. Here, we produced high quality reference sequence data for representative understudied anopheline species to better understand the phylogenetic relationships between under- and well-studied vectors of malaria. For mitochondrial genome assembly, shallow shotgun sequencing was implemented on single mosquito specimens and phylogenetic analyses were performed on the concatenated protein c

SUBMITTER: Ali RLMN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12734120 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature