A chromosome-scale assembly of the major African malaria vector Anopheles funestus

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BACKGROUND: Anopheles funestus is one of the 3 most consequential and widespread vectors of human malaria in tropical Africa. However, the lack of a high-quality reference genome has hindered the association of phenotypic traits with their genetic basis in this important mosquito. FINDINGS: Here we present a new high-quality A. funestus reference genome (AfunF3) assembled using 240× coverage of long-read...

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