Culicidae evolutionary history focusing on the Culicinae subfamily based on mitochondrial phylogenomics.

ABSTRACT: Mosquitoes are insects of medical importance due their role as vectors of different pathogens to humans. There is a lack of information about the evolutionary history and phylogenetic positioning of the majority of mosquito species. Here we characterized the mitogenomes of mosquito species through low-coverage whole genome sequencing and data mining. A total of 37 draft mitogenomes of different species were assembled from which 16 are newly-sequenced species. We datamined additional 49 mosquito mitogenomes, and together with our 37 mitogenomes, we reconstructed the evolutionary history of 86 species including representatives from 15 genera and 7 tribes. Our results showed that most of the species clustered in clades with other members of their own genus with exception of Aedes genus which

SUBMITTER: da Silva AF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7606482 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature