Anopheles coluzzii (Mosquitos) Assembly and Gene Annotation

About Anopheles coluzzii

Anopheles coluzzii, formerly known as Anopheles gambiae M molecular form, was defined as a separate species in 2013 [1]. An. coluzzii belongs to the Anopheles gambiae species complex, which consists of at least seven species.

The Anopheles gambiae complex consists of at least seven morphologically indistinguishable species of mosquitoes in the genus Anopheles. The complex was recognised in the 1960s and includes the most important vectors of malaria in sub-Saharan Africa, particularly of the most dangerous malaria parasite, Plasmodium falciparum. It is one of the most efficient malaria vectors known. The An. gambiae mosquito additionally transmits Wuchereria bancrofti which causes lymphatic filariasis, a symptom of which is elephantiasis.

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Taxonomy ID 1518534

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More information General information about this species can be found in Wikipedia

Assembly

The assembly presented here has been imported from INSDC and is linked to the assembly accession [GCA_943734685.1].

The total length of the assembly is 262602229 bp contained within 128 scaffolds. The scaffold N50 value is 95248607, the scaffold L50 value is 2. The GC% content of the assembly is 44.5%.

Annotation

The annotation presented is derived from annotation submitted to INSDC with the assembly accession GCA_943734685.1.

Ensembl Metazoa displaying genes imported from NCBI RefSeq annotation release v101. Small RNA features, protein features, BLAST hits and cross-references have been computed by Ensembl Metazoa.

References

1. Anopheles coluzzii and Anopheles amharicus, new members of the Anopheles gambiae complex.
   Coetzee M, Hunt RH, Wilkerson R, Della Torre A, Coulibaly MB, Besansky NJ. 2013. Zootaxa. 3619