Evolutionary Adaptations and Mosquito-Borne Viruses comprises comprehensive reviews of various topics in mosquito adaptations and mosquito-virus interactions, with insights into future research prospects. The topics covered in this volume include mechanisms of insecticide resistance, thermal and desiccation tolerance, insect-specific viruses and their interactions with pathogenic viruses, mosquito viral immunity, factors affecting vector competence, host preference, saliva and viral pathogenesis, microbiota and symbionts, gene drives and genetic modification of mosquitoes, and microRNA roles in mosquito-virus interactions.
Table of Contents
1. Insecticide resistance in mosquitoes: molecular mechanisms and evolutionary dynamicsNannan Liu
2. Thermal and desiccation tolerance in mosquitoes: evolutionary perspectives
Joshua B. Benoit and Chlo� Lahond�re
3. Tracing the evolutionary history of insect-specific Orthoflavivirus through phylogenomics
Nikos Vasilakis, Cecilia Artico Banho, Victoria Bernardi, Igor da Silva Teixeira, Beatriz de Carvalho Marques de Carvalho Marques and Mauricio Lacerda Nogueira
4. Molecular arms race: viral adaptations to mosquito immune defenses
George Dimopolous
5. Vector competence: evolutionary drivers and constraints
Greg Ebel
6. Evolution of host preference in mosquitoes and its impact on virus transmission
Matthew DeGennaro
7. Mosquito saliva and its co-evolution with viral pathogenesis
Joel Vega-Rodriguez
8. Microbiota and symbionts: evolutionary role in mosquito-virus interactions
Grant Hughes
9. CRISPR and gene drives: evolutionary implications for mosquito populations
Omar S. Akbari
10. MicroRNAs at the vector-virus interface: molecular mediators in mosquito-pathogen dynamics
Sassan Asgari
