TY - JOUR AU - Turner, Joe AU - Krishna, Ritesh AU - van’t Hof, Arjen E. AU - Sutton, Elizabeth R. AU - Matzen, Kelly AU - Darby, Alistair C. PY - 2018 DA - 2018/10/20 TI - The sequence of a male-specific genome region containing the sex determination switch in Aedes aegypti JO - Parasites & Vectors SP - 549 VL - 11 IS - 1 AB - Aedes aegypti is the principal vector of several important arboviruses. Among the methods of vector control to limit transmission of disease are genetic strategies that involve the release of sterile or genetically modified non-biting males, which has generated interest in manipulating mosquito sex ratios. Sex determination in Ae. aegypti is controlled by a non-recombining Y chromosome-like region called the M locus, yet characterisation of this locus has been thwarted by the repetitive nature of the genome. In 2015, an M locus gene named Nix was identified that displays the qualities of a sex determination switch. SN - 1756-3305 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/s13071-018-3090-3 DO - 10.1186/s13071-018-3090-3 ID - Turner2018 ER -