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Published online 17 May 2007 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news070514-19
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Mosquito genome leaves researchers itching for more
As a second mosquito species is sequenced, news@nature.com looks back to see what these genomes do for science.
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Today scientists officially release the genome sequence of one of humanity's least beloved neighbours: the mosquito Aedes aegypti. A preliminary analysis of the sequence is published online in the journal Science1, opening the floodgates on a variety of different research approaches aimed at controlling the insect and the diseases it carries.
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