Blacksburg, Va. -- Developing new strategies to prevent and control yellow fever and dengue fever has become more possible with the completion of the first draft of the genome sequence of Aedes aegypti mosquito by scientists led by Vishvanath Nene at The Institute for Genomic Research (TIGR) and David Severson at the University of Notre Dame. The genome is the complete set of genetic material including genes and other segments of DNA in an organism. The research appears in the May 18, 2007 Science Express, in the article, “Genome Sequence of Aedes aegypti, A Major Arbovirus Vector.” Researchers at 24 universities and other institutions worldwide contributed to the effort.>>> Discuss This Story
