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 ResearchEvidence for serial founder events during the colonization of North America by the yellow fever mosquito, Aedes aegypti
Pless E, Powell J, Seger K, Ellis B, Gloria‐Soria A. Evidence for serial founder events during the colonization of North America by the yellow fever mosquito, Aedes aegypti. Ecology And Evolution 2022, 12: e8896. PMID: 35592063, PMCID: PMC9102526, DOI: 10.1002/ece3.8896.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchSerial founder effectFounder eventsGenetic diversitySerial founder eventsYellow fever mosquitoNorth AmericaInvasion historyDemographic historyMicrosatellite lociNorth American colonizationInvasive speciesSingle nucleotide polymorphismsLarge genetic studiesGeographic distanceOutlier populationsGenetic studiesFounder effectNucleotide polymorphismsDemographic analysisPrimary vectorAllele frequenciesAedes aegyptiColonizationPutative sourceDiversity
1983
Macrogeographic genetic variation in a human commensal: Aedes aegypti, the yellow fever mosquito
Wallis G, Tabachnick W, Powell J. Macrogeographic genetic variation in a human commensal: Aedes aegypti, the yellow fever mosquito. Genetics Research 1983, 41: 241-258. PMID: 6884770, DOI: 10.1017/s0016672300021315.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsGenetic variationGenetic population structureDistinct gene poolsGenetic distance dataAedes aegyptiGenetic distance valuesNew World populationsYellow fever mosquitoEnzyme lociGene poolUPGMA treePopulation structureHuman commensalMajor clustersSouth-eastern U.S.A. aegyptiEast AfricaAegyptiAegypti aegyptiAegypti formosusEpidemiological implicationsDistance valuesDistance dataLociPopulation
1978
Genetic structure of the East African domestic populations of Aedes aegypti
TABACHNICK W, POWELL J. Genetic structure of the East African domestic populations of Aedes aegypti. Nature 1978, 272: 535-537. PMID: 692658, DOI: 10.1038/272535a0.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsPopulation genetic analysesDomestic populationsSignificant genetic differencesA. aegyptiYellow fever mosquitoAedes aegyptiGenetic substructuringGenetic structurePanmictic unitFeral formsPopulation breedsGenetic analysisTropical forestsDisturbed areasBehavioral variationGenetic differencesCoconut palmsDark formGene frequenciesMosquito populationsDomestic formsAegyptiComplex speciesClose proximitySpecies