Widespread Divergence Between Incipient Anopheles gambiae Species Revealed by Whole Genome Sequences
Lawniczak M, Emrich S, Holloway A, Regier A, Olson M, White B, Redmond S, Fulton L, Appelbaum E, Godfrey J, Farmer C, Chinwalla A, Yang S, Minx P, Nelson J, Kyung K, Walenz B, Garcia-Hernandez E, Aguiar M, Viswanathan L, Rogers Y, Strausberg R, Saski C, Lawson D, Collins F, Kafatos F, Christophides G, Clifton S, Kirkness E, Besansky N. Widespread Divergence Between Incipient Anopheles gambiae Species Revealed by Whole Genome Sequences. Science 2010, 330: 512-514. PMID: 20966253, PMCID: PMC3674514, DOI: 10.1126/science.1195755.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSpeciation processGenome sequencePrevious genome-wide scanHeterogeneous genomic divergenceAnopheles gambiae speciesGenome-wide scanUnknown genetic mechanismsWhole genome sequencesGene flowGenomic divergenceLarval ecologyGambiae speciesAnopheles gambiae sensu strictoPericentromeric regionGambiae sensu strictoGenetic mechanismsWidespread divergenceSensu strictoReproductive behaviorMajor vectorDivergenceSpeciationSequenceAppreciable levelsMolecular forms