With Mosquito Y Chromosome Sequencing, Researchers Lay Groundwork for Advanced Disease Control
Monday, April 4, 2016 - 14:00
in Biology & Nature
Ever since the groundbreaking Anopheles gambiae genome sequencing project was published in 2002, efforts have been underway to harness genomics for novel vector-based malaria control strategies. Nora J. Besansky, O'Hara Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Notre Dame, assembled a diverse and multinational team of scientists to crack the genetic code of the Y chromosome in malaria mosquitoes for the first time.