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ArticleNature communications2024

Global, asynchronous partial sweeps at multiple insecticide resistance genes in Aedes mosquitoes.

Thomas L Schmidt, Nancy M Endersby-Harshman, Anthony R J van Rooyen, Michelle Katusele, Rebecca Vinit, Leanne J Robinson, Moses Laman, Stephan Karl, Ary A Hoffmann

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Article in Nature communications, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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9 authors.

Thomas L SchmidtBio21 Institute, School of BioSciences, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia. toms@unimelb.edu.au.ORCID 0000-0003-4695-075X
Nancy M Endersby-HarshmanBio21 Institute, School of BioSciences, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia.
Anthony R J van RooyenCesar Australia, Brunswick, Victoria, Australia.
Michelle KatuselePNG Institute of Medical Research, Madang, Madang Province, Papua New Guinea.ORCID 0000-0002-4819-1833
Rebecca VinitPNG Institute of Medical Research, Madang, Madang Province, Papua New Guinea.
Leanne J RobinsonPNG Institute of Medical Research, Madang, Madang Province, Papua New Guinea.
Moses LamanPNG Institute of Medical Research, Madang, Madang Province, Papua New Guinea.
Stephan KarlAustralian Institute of Tropical Health and Medicine, James Cook University, Smithfield, Queensland, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-4294-6481
Ary A HoffmannBio21 Institute, School of BioSciences, University of Melbourne, Parkville, Australia.ORCID 0000-0001-9497-7645

Funding

Department of Education and Training | Australian Research Council (ARC) DE230100257Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade, Australian Government (Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade) 74430Department of Health | National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) 2004390Department of Health | National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) GNT1141441Department of Health | National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) GNT1161627
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Aedes aegypti (yellow fever mosquito) and Ae. albopictus (Asian tiger mosquito) are globally invasive pests that confer the world's dengue burden. Insecticide-based management has led to the evolution of insecticide resistance in both species, though the genetic architecture and geographical spread of resistance remains incompletely understood. This study investigates partial selective sweeps at resistance genes on two chromosomes and characterises their spread across populations. Sweeps at the voltage-sensitive sodium channel (VSSC) gene on chromosome 3 correspond to one resistance-associated nucleotide substitution in Ae. albopictus and three in Ae. aegypti, including two substitutions at the same nucleotide position (F1534C) that have evolved and spread independently. In Ae. aegypti, we also identify partial sweeps at a second locus on chromosome 2. This locus contains 15 glutathione S-transferase (GST) epsilon class genes with significant copy number variation among populations and where three distinct genetic backgrounds have spread across the Indo-Pacific region, the Americas, and Australia. Local geographical patterns and linkage networks indicate VSSC and GST backgrounds probably spread at different times and interact locally with different genes to produce resistance phenotypes. These findings highlight the rapid global spread of resistance and are evidence for the critical importance of GST genes in resistance evolution.

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AedesInsecticide ResistanceAnimalsDNA Copy Number VariationsGlutathione TransferaseInsecticidesInsect ProteinsMosquito VectorsVoltage-Gated Sodium ChannelsGlutathione TransferaseInsecticidesInsect ProteinsVoltage-Gated Sodium Channels

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PMCPMC11269687

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