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Mosquito-borne diseases have plagued humanity for centuries, and a prolific offender has been Aedes aegypti , commonly known as the "yellow fever mosquito." Despite the yellow-fever moniker, it is also a potent carrier of dengue, chikungunya, and Zika viruses. Writing in BioScience , Dr. Jeffrey Powell and his colleagues describe recent work in tracking the spread of this important vector. Using newly available genomic techniques, they cross-referenced the historical divergence of A. aegypti populations with known records of ship movements and disease spread. The results paint a picture of a species that traversed slave and other trade routes to the New World and beyond. In this episode of BioScience Talks , Powell joins us to discuss his work and to elaborate on the evolution and movements of this deadly "domesticated" mosquito species.
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