title: Evolving the world's most dangerous animal.
abstract: The devastating consequences of malaria are well known but many mysteries remain about its key protagonists, a handful of Anopheles species. New work provides a framework for solving such puzzles, by generation and analysis of whole genome assemblies for 16 Anopheles species, with genomic flexibility a key emergent theme.
authors.affiliation: Vector Biology Department, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool L3 5QA UK. Electronic address: david.weetman@lstmed.ac.uk.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Weetman
authors.affiliation: Vector Biology Department, Liverpool School of Tropical Medicine, Pembroke Place, Liverpool L3 5QA UK.
authors.forename: Christopher S
authors.initials: CS
authors.lastname: Clarkson
mesh_terms: D000222:Adaptation, Physiological / Q000235:genetics; D000818:Animals; D000852:Anopheles / Q000235:genetics*; D019143:Evolution, Molecular; D022761:Gene Transfer, Horizontal / Q000235:genetics; D049750:Genome, Insect / Q000235:genetics*; D007303:Insect Vectors / Q000235:genetics
keywords: Anopheles; introgression; phylogenomics