2023
Phylogenomics reveals the history of host use in mosquitoes
Soghigian J, Sither C, Justi S, Morinaga G, Cassel B, Vitek C, Livdahl T, Xia S, Gloria-Soria A, Powell J, Zavortink T, Hardy C, Burkett-Cadena N, Reeves L, Wilkerson R, Dunn R, Yeates D, Sallum M, Byrd B, Trautwein M, Linton Y, Reiskind M, Wiegmann B. Phylogenomics reveals the history of host use in mosquitoes. Nature Communications 2023, 14: 6252. PMID: 37803007, PMCID: PMC10558525, DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-41764-y.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsVector speciesDisease vector speciesHost-use patternsImportant vector speciesMosquito lineageTaxonomic samplingHost usePhylogenomic analysisOrtholog groupsMajor lineagesHost associationsVertebrate classesGenomic dataMosquito speciesDiverse arrayPhylogenySpeciesLineagesMosquitoesDiversificationPhylogenomicsNumerous timesDrift eventsHuman healthEarly Triassic
2022
Origins of high latitude introductions of Aedes aegypti to Nebraska and Utah during 2019
Gloria-Soria A, Faraji A, Hamik J, White G, Amsberry S, Donahue M, Buss B, Pless E, Cosme L, Powell J. Origins of high latitude introductions of Aedes aegypti to Nebraska and Utah during 2019. Infection Genetics And Evolution 2022, 103: 105333. PMID: 35817397, DOI: 10.1016/j.meegid.2022.105333.Peer-Reviewed Original Research