Screening for Viruses and Lemur-Associated Filara in Wild-Caught Mosquitoes From Madagascar.

Madagascar is a hotspot of biodiversity, but poverty and population growth provoke a high risk of conflict between food security and biodiversity conservation in this tropical country. Numerous vector-borne diseases, including viral infections, affect public health in Madagascar and a continuous expansion of anthropogenically used areas intensifies contact on the human-wildlife interface. However, data on human and animal pathogens in potential insect vectors is limited.

Identification and RNAi Profile of a Novel Iflavirus Infecting Senegalese Mosquitoes.

The inland floodwater mosquito (Meigen, 1830) is a competent vector of numerous arthropod-borne viruses such as Rift Valley fever virus () and Zika virus (). spp. have widespread Afrotropical distribution and are common European cosmopolitan mosquitoes.

Genome data uncover four synergistic key regulators for extremely small body size in horses.

Background: Miniature size in horses represents an extreme reduction of withers height that originated after domestication. In some breeds, it is a highly desired trait representing a breed- or subtype-specific feature. The genomic changes that emerged due to strong-targeted selection towards this distinct type remain unclear.

An epistatic effect of KRT25 on SP6 is involved in curly coat in horses.

Curly coat represents an extraordinary type of coat in horses, particularly seen in American Bashkir Curly Horses and Missouri Foxtrotters. In some horses with curly coat, a hypotrichosis of variable extent was observed, making the phenotype appear more complex. In our study, we aimed at investigating the genetic background of curly coat with and without hypotrichosis using high density bead chip genotype and next generation sequencing data.