Infection with a Virulent Strain of Wolbachia Disrupts Genome Wide-Patterns of Cytosine Methylation in the Mosquito Aedes aegypti

The Wolbachia strain wMelPop, which reduces longevity in Drosophila melanogaster, has been introduced into the Dengue virus mosquito vector, Aedes aegypti as a strategy to reduce disease transmission. In this experiment, gene expression is compared between Wolbachia infected and uninfected mosquito tissues: head and muscle.