ArticleGenome biology and evolution2026
ERGA-BGE Genomes of Culex laticinctus, Culex modestus, Culex perexiguus, and Culex theileri: Unveiling the Genomes of the Key Vectors of West Nile Virus in the Mediterranean Basin.
María José Ruiz-López, Sonia Cebrián-Camisón, Iker Irisarri, Sergio Magallanes, Josué Martínez-de la Puente, Jordi Figuerola, Robert M Waterhouse, Wellcome Sanger Institute Tree Of Life Management Samples And Laboratory Team, Wellcome Sanger Institute Scientific Operations Sequencing Operations, Wellcome Sanger Institute Tree Of Life Core Informatics Team and 3 more
Abstract read
In one paragraphArticle in Genome biology and evolution, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.
0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
0citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
2 · The registryThe trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
3 · Its place in the literatureWho cites it
0 citing papers in PubMed.
No citing paper in PubMed yet.
4 · The recordCorrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
5 · Who and what moneyAuthors and funding
13 authors.
María José Ruiz-LópezDepartamento de Biología de la Conservación y Cambio Global, Estación Biológica de Doñana (EBD), CSIC, Seville 41092, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-6849-644X Sonia Cebrián-CamisónDepartamento de Biología de la Conservación y Cambio Global, Estación Biológica de Doñana (EBD), CSIC, Seville 41092, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-6591-1054 Iker IrisarriDepartamento de Biodiversidad y Biología Evolutiva, Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales-CSIC, Madrid 28006, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-3628-1137 Sergio MagallanesDepartamento de Biología de la Conservación y Cambio Global, Estación Biológica de Doñana (EBD), CSIC, Seville 41092, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-6748-9547 Josué Martínez-de la PuenteDepartamento de Biología de la Conservación y Cambio Global, Estación Biológica de Doñana (EBD), CSIC, Seville 41092, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-8055-4115 Jordi FiguerolaDepartamento de Biología de la Conservación y Cambio Global, Estación Biológica de Doñana (EBD), CSIC, Seville 41092, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-4664-9011 Robert M WaterhouseEnvironmental Bioinformatics Group, SIB Swiss Institute of Bioinformatics, Batiment Amphipole, UNIL-Sorge, Lausanne 1015, Switzerland.ORCID 0000-0003-4199-9052 Wellcome Sanger Institute Tree Of Life Management Samples And Laboratory TeamTree of Life, Wellcome Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridgeshire CB10 1SA, UK.
Wellcome Sanger Institute Scientific Operations Sequencing OperationsTree of Life, Wellcome Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridgeshire CB10 1SA, UK.
Wellcome Sanger Institute Tree Of Life Core Informatics TeamTree of Life, Wellcome Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridgeshire CB10 1SA, UK.
Leanne HaggertyEuropean Molecular Biology Laboratory, European Bioinformatics Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SD, UK.ORCID 0000-0001-8843-3596 Fergal MartinEuropean Molecular Biology Laboratory, European Bioinformatics Institute, Wellcome Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SD, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-1672-050X Tom BrownDepartment of Evolutionary Genetics, Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research, Berlin 10315, Germany.ORCID 0000-0001-8293-4816 Funding
Biodiversity, Circular Economy and EnvironmentDepartment for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy's Horizon Europe Guarantee SchemeSpanish State Research AgencySwiss State Secretariat for Education, Research and InnovationUK Research and Innovation
6 · The paper itselfAbstract
The reference genomes of Culex laticinctus, Culex modestus, Culex perexiguus, and Culex theileri offer crucial resources for exploring the genetic basis of vector competence for different pathogens, including the emerging West Nile virus. Each genome was assembled into three contiguous chromosomal pseudomolecules. These chromosome-level assemblies encompass 834, 698, 436, and 934 Mb, respectively. They are composed of 3,284, 4,220, 1,917, and 2,704 contigs and 312, 979, 475, and 709 scaffolds, with contig N50 values of 434, 313, 473, and 770 kb, and scaffold N50 values of 292, 246, 150, and 281 Mb, respectively. These genomes offer an essential genomic resource for advancing our understanding of Culex evolution and population genomic analyses, which will help to implement sustainable mosquito control efforts and disease prevention.
Indexed as
CulexGenome, InsectMosquito VectorsAnimalsMediterranean RegionWest Nile FeverWest Nile virusbiodiversity genomics EuropeCulexCulicidaeEarth BioGenome projectEuropean reference genome atlasmosquito genome
Identifiers
PMID41626876
PMCPMC12862641
What OpenQuestion holds
Textmetadata
LicenceCC BY-NC
Read underepoch 390