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Asian wild rice is a hybrid swarm with extensive gene flow and feralization from domesticated rice by Wang, Hongru, Vieira, Filipe G, Crawford, Jacob E, Chu, Chengcai, Nielsen, Rasmus

“…The domestication history of rice remains controversial, with multiple studies reaching different conclusions regarding its origin(s). These studies have…”
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Climate and Urbanization Drive Mosquito Preference for Humans by Rose, Noah H., Sylla, Massamba, Badolo, Athanase, Lutomiah, Joel, Ayala, Diego, Aribodor, Ogechukwu B., Ibe, Nnenna, Akorli, Jewelna, Otoo, Sampson, Mutebi, John-Paul, Kriete, Alexis L., Ewing, Eliza G., Sang, Rosemary, Gloria-Soria, Andrea, Powell, Jeffrey R., Baker, Rachel E., White, Bradley J., Crawford, Jacob E., McBride, Carolyn S.

“…The majority of mosquito-borne illness is spread by a few mosquito species that have evolved to specialize in biting humans, yet the precise causes of this…”
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Virus-blocking mosquitoes take flight in the fight against dengue by Crawford, Jacob E

“…Drone-based mosquito releases facilitate the introduction of dengue-blocking bacteria in wild mosquito populations…”
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EVE-X: Software to Identify Novel Viral Insertions in Wild-Caught Arthropod Hosts From Next-Generation Short Read Data by Havill, Jessen, Strasburg, Olivia, Udoh, Tessy, Crawford, Jacob E, Gloria-Soria, Andrea

“…Eukaryotic genomes harbour sequences derived from non-retroviral RNA viruses, known as endogenous viral elements (EVEs) or non-retroviral integrated RNA virus…”
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De novo transcriptome sequencing in Anopheles funestus using Illumina RNA-seq technology by Crawford, Jacob E, Guelbeogo, Wamdaogo M, Sanou, Antoine, Traoré, Alphonse, Vernick, Kenneth D, Sagnon, N'Fale, Lazzaro, Brian P

“…Anopheles funestus is one of the primary vectors of human malaria, which causes a million deaths each year in sub-Saharan Africa. Few scientific resources are…”
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Diabolical survival in Death Valley: recent pupfish colonization, gene flow and genetic assimilation in the smallest species range on earth by Martin, Christopher H., Crawford, Jacob E., Turner, Bruce J., Simons, Lee H.

“…One of the most endangered vertebrates, the Devils Hole pupfish Cyprinodon diabolis, survives in a nearly impossible environment: a narrow subterranean fissure…”
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Uncovering the Genetic History of the Present-Day Greenlandic Population by Moltke, Ida, Fumagalli, Matteo, Korneliussen, Thorfinn S., Crawford, Jacob E., Bjerregaard, Peter, Jørgensen, Marit E., Grarup, Niels, Gulløv, Hans Christian, Linneberg, Allan, Pedersen, Oluf, Hansen, Torben, Nielsen, Rasmus, Albrechtsen, Anders

“…Because of past limitations in samples and genotyping technologies, important questions about the history of the present-day Greenlandic population remain…”
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Natural Selection on Genes Related to Cardiovascular Health in High-Altitude Adapted Andeans by Crawford, Jacob E., Amaru, Ricardo, Song, Jihyun, Julian, Colleen G., Racimo, Fernando, Cheng, Jade Yu, Guo, Xiuqing, Yao, Jie, Ambale-Venkatesh, Bharath, Lima, João A., Rotter, Jerome I., Stehlik, Josef, Moore, Lorna G., Prchal, Josef T., Nielsen, Rasmus

“…The increase in red blood cell mass (polycythemia) due to the reduced oxygen availability (hypoxia) of residence at high altitude or other conditions is…”
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Releasing incompatible males drives strong suppression across populations of wild and Wolbachia-carrying Aedes aegypti in Australia by Beebe, Nigel W., Pagendam, Dan, Trewin, Brendan J., Boomer, Andrew, Bradford, Matt, Ford, Andrew, Liddington, Catherine, Bondarenco, Artiom, De Barro, Paul J., Gilchrist, Joshua, Paton, Christopher, Staunton, Kyran M., Johnson, Brian, Maynard, Andrew J., Devine, Gregor J., Hugo, Leon E., Rasic, Gordana, Cook, Helen, Massaro, Peter, Snoad, Nigel, Crawford, Jacob E., White, Bradley J., Xi, Zhiyong, Ritchie, Scott A.

“…Releasing sterile or incompatible male insects is a proven method of population management in agricultural systems with the potential to revolutionize mosquito…”
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Dating the origin and spread of specialization on human hosts in Aedes aegypti mosquitoes by Rose, Noah H, Badolo, Athanase, Sylla, Massamba, Akorli, Jewelna, Otoo, Sampson, Gloria-Soria, Andrea, Powell, Jeffrey R, White, Bradley J, Crawford, Jacob E, McBride, Carolyn S

“…The globally invasive mosquito subspecies is an effective vector of human arboviruses, in part because it specializes in biting humans and breeding in human…”
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Detecting adaptive trait loci in nonmodel systems: divergence or admixture mapping? by Crawford, Jacob E, Nielsen, Rasmus

“…Mapping adaptive trait loci (ATL) underlying ecological divergence is an essential step towards understanding the processes that generate phenotypic diversity…”
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Population genomics reveals that an anthropophilic population of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes in West Africa recently gave rise to American and Asian populations of this major disease vector by Crawford, Jacob E, Alves, Joel M, Palmer, William J, Day, Jonathan P, Sylla, Massamba, Ramasamy, Ranjan, Surendran, Sinnathamby N, Black, 4th, William C, Pain, Arnab, Jiggins, Francis M

“…The mosquito Aedes aegypti is the main vector of dengue, Zika, chikungunya and yellow fever viruses. This major disease vector is thought to have arisen when…”
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Environmental influences on Aedes aegypti catches in Biogents Sentinel traps during a Californian “rear and release” program: Implications for designing surveillance programs by Staunton, Kyran M, Crawford, Jacob E, Cornel, Devon, Yeeles, Peter, Desnoyer, Mark, Livni, Josh, Holeman, Jodi, Mulligan, F. Stephen, Snoad, Nigel, Ritchie, Scott A

“…As Aedes aegypti continues to expand its global distribution, the diseases it vectors (dengue, Zika, chikungunya and yellow fever) are of increasing concern…”
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A Low-Powered and Highly Selective Trap for Male Aedes (Diptera: Culicidae) Surveillance: The Male Aedes Sound Trap by Staunton, Kyran M., Crawford, Jacob E., Liu, Jianyi, Townsend, Michael, Han, Yu, Desnoyer, Mark, Howell, Paul, Xiang, Wei, Burkot, Thomas R., Snoad, Nigel, Ritchie, Scott A.

“…As Aedes aegypti (Linnaeus, Diptera: Culicidae) expands its global distribution and vectors a range of debilitating arboviruses there is an increased need for…”
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Reply to: Assessing the efficiency of Verily’s automated process for production and release of male Wolbachia-infected mosquitoes by Crawford, Jacob E., Hopkins, Kaycie C., Buchman, Anna, Zha, Tiantian, Howell, Paul, Kakani, Evdoxia, Ohm, Johanna R., Snoad, Nigel, Upson, Linus, Holeman, Jodi, Massaro, Peter, Dobson, Stephen L., Mulligan, F. Stephen, White, Bradley J.

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Outcomes from international field trials with Male Aedes Sound Traps: Frequency-dependent effectiveness in capturing target species in relation to bycatch abundance by Staunton, Kyran M, Leiva, Donovan, Cruz, Alvaro, Goi, Joelyn, Arisqueta, Carlos, Liu, Jianyi, Desnoyer, Mark, Howell, Paul, Espinosa, Francia, Mendoza, Azael Che, Karl, Stephan, Crawford, Jacob E, Xiang, Wei, Manrique-Saide, Pablo, Achee, Nicole L, Grieco, John P, Ritchie, Scott A, Burkot, Thomas R, Snoad, Nigel

“…Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus vector dengue, chikungunya and Zika viruses. With both species expanding their global distributions at alarming rates,…”
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Polymorphism analyses and protein modelling inform on functional specialization of Piwi clade genes in the arboviral vector Aedes albopictus by Marconcini, Michele, Hernandez, Luis, Iovino, Giuseppe, Houé, Vincent, Valerio, Federica, Palatini, Umberto, Pischedda, Elisa, Crawford, Jacob E, White, Bradley J, Lin, Teresa, Carballar-Lejarazu, Rebeca, Ometto, Lino, Forneris, Federico, Failloux, Anna-Bella, Bonizzoni, Mariangela

“…Current knowledge of the piRNA pathway is based mainly on studies on Drosophila melanogaster where three proteins of the Piwi subclade of the Argonaute family…”
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Effect of BG-Lures on the Male Aedes (Diptera: Culicidae) Sound Trap Capture Rates by Staunton, Kyran M, Goi, Joelyn, Townsend, Michael, Ritchie, Scott A, Crawford, Jacob E, Snoad, Nigel, Karl, Stephan, Burkot, Thomas R

“…With global expansion of the two main vectors of dengue, Aedes aegypti (Linnaeus, Diptera: Culicidae) and Aedes albopictus (Skuse, Diptera: Culicidae), there…”
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The complex effects of demographic history on the estimation of substitution rate: concatenated gene analysis results in no more than twofold overestimation by Martin, Christopher H., Höhna, Sebastian, Crawford, Jacob E., Turner, Bruce J., Richards, Emilie J., Simons, Lee H.

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Evolution of GOUNDRY, a cryptic subgroup of Anopheles gambiae s.l., and its impact on susceptibility to Plasmodium infection by Crawford, Jacob E, Riehle, Michelle M, Markianos, Kyriacos, Bischoff, Emmanuel, Guelbeogo, Wamdaogo M, Gneme, Awa, Sagnon, N'Fale, Vernick, Kenneth D, Nielsen, Rasmus, Lazzaro, Brian P

“…The recent discovery of a previously unknown genetic subgroup of Anopheles gambiae sensu lato underscores our incomplete understanding of complexities of…”
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