Radiation with reticulation marks the origin of a major malaria vector.

ABSTRACT: Advances in genomics have led to an appreciation that introgression is common, but its evolutionary consequences are poorly understood. In recent species radiations the sharing of genetic variation across porous species boundaries can facilitate adaptation to new environments and generate novel phenotypes, which may contribute to further diversification. Most Anopheles mosquito species that are of major importance as human malaria vectors have evolved within recent and rapid radiations of largely nonvector species. Here, we focus on one of the most medically important yet understudied anopheline radiations, the Afrotropical Anopheles funestus complex (AFC), to investigate the role of introgression in its diversification and the possible link between introgression and vector p

SUBMITTER: Small ST 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7749319 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature