Analysis of genes that regulate the development of tissues of vector importance.

The number of mosquito orthologs of genes related to salivary gland and olfactory system development, as well as cuticle components are indicated for the three mosquito species examined in this study. Numbers refer to the number of orthologous sequences present in the three mosquito genomes for each D. melanogaster gene indicated at left. Results are reported only for cases in which the number of orthologous sequences varies between D. melanogaster and at least one of the mosquito species. Although the genes are generally well conserved, changes in the number of orthologous sequences for several D. melanogaster genes implicated in these processes were observed in mosquitoes.