Recombination, Adaptation And Speciation in the African Malaria Mosquito Anopheles Gambiae
Professor Besansky and her laboratory group apply molecular approaches to problems ranging from generic relationships within Family Culicidae (mosquitoes) to relationships at and below the species level (see Krzywinski & Besansky, 2003). Past and present research at different taxonomic levels addresses questions such as mosquito phylogeny, anopheline biogeography, the nature of species boundaries, and the forces that have structured genetic and genomic variation within and between species. Most current projects focus on the African species Anopheles gambiae, the most important vector of human malaria.
