Anyone here attending #smbe2026 ?
On Monday, 29 June, I'll be presenting our work about genome and chemosensory gene families evolution in Culex species
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See you there?👀
2️⃣ These species are of great public-health importance because they are vectors of different pathogens, such as West Nile virus and Usutu virus 🦠🦟
Despite their epidemiological relevance, these species were previously underrepresented in genomic databases 🔎