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Dr. Severson's Publications (since 1993)


Book Chapters, Proceedings and Review Articles:

Behura,S.K. and D.W. Severson (2013) Codon usage bias: causative factors, quantification methods and genome-wide patterns: with emphasis on insect genomes. Biological Reviews 88:49-61.

Severson, D.W. and S.K. Behura (2012) Mosquito genomics: progress and challenges. Annual Review of Entomology 57:143-166.

Clemons, A., Haugen, M., Flannery, E., Tomchaney, M., Kast, K., Jacowski, C., Le, C., Mori, A., Simanton Holland, W., Sarro, J., Severson, D., and Duman-Scheel, M. (2010) Aedes aegypti: an emerging model for vector mosquito development. Cold Spring Harbor Protocols Epub 1 October 2010.

Clemons, A., Mori, A., Haugen, M., Severson, D., and Duman-Scheel, M. (2010) Fixation and preparation of developing tissues from Aedes aegypti. Cold Spring Harbor Protocols Epub 1 October 2010.

Clemons, A., Haugen, M., Flannery, E., Kast, K., Jacowski, C., Severson, D., and Duman-Scheel, M. (2010) Aedes aegypti: culturing and egg collection. Cold Spring Harbor Protocols Epub 1 October 2010.

Haugen, M, Tomchaney, M., Kast, K., Flannery, E., Clemons, A., Jacowski, C., Simanton Holland, W., Le, C., Severson, D., and Duman-Scheel, M. (2010) Immunohistochemical analysis of protein expression during Aedes aegypti development. Cold Spring Harbor Protocols Epub 1 October 2010.

Clemons, A., Flannery, E., Kast, K., Severson, D., and Duman-Scheel, M. (2010) Whole-mount in situ hybridization for analysis of gene expression during Aedes aegypti development. Cold Spring Harbor Protocols Epub 1 October 2010.

Clemons, A., Haugen, M., Severson, D., and Duman-Scheel, M. (2010) Functional analysis of genes in Aedes aegypti embryos. Cold Spring Harbor Protocols Epub 1 October 2010.

Severson, D.W. (2008) Mosquitoes. In: Genome Mapping in Animals, Volume 5, Insects C. Kole and W.B. Hunter (eds.), pp. 69-91, Springer, Heidelberg, Berlin.

Black, W.C. and D.W. Severson. (2005) Genetics of Vector Competence. In: Biology of Disease Vectors, 2nd Edition W.C. Marquardt (ed.), pp. 415-448, Elsevier.

Severson, D.W. and W.C. Black. (2005) Genome evolution in mosquitoes. In: Biology of Disease Vectors, 2nd Edition W.C. Marquardt (ed.), pp. 449-463, Elsevier.

Severson, D.W., D.L. Knudson, M.B. Soares and B.J. Loftus. (2004) Aedes aegypti genomics. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 34:715-721.

Besansky, N.J., D.W. Severson and M.T. Ferdig. (2003) DNA barcoding of parasites and invertebrate disease vectors: what you don’t know can hurt you. Trends in Parasitology 19:545-546.

T.C. Kaufman, D.W. Severson and G.E. Robinson. (2002) The Anopheles genome and comparative insect genomics. Science 298:97-98.

D.L. Knudson, S.E. Brown and D.W. Severson. (2002) Culicine genomics. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 32:1193-1197.

Severson, D.W., S.E. Brown and D.L. Knudson. (2001) Genetic and physical mapping in mosquitoes: molecular approaches. Annual Review of Entomology 46:183-219.

Aultman, K.S., E.D. Walker, F. Gifford, D.W. Severson, C.B. Beard and T.W. Scott. (2000) Managing risks of arthropod vector research. Science 288:2321-2322.

Severson, D.W. (1997) RFLP analysis of insect genomes. IN: The Molecular Biology of Insect Disease Vectors: A Methods Manual, (eds. Crampton, J.M., C.B. Beard and C. Louis), Chapman and Hall, London, pp. 309-320.

Severson, D.W. (1994) Applications of molecular marker analysis to mosquito vector competence. Parasitology Today 10:336-340.

Christensen, B.M. and D.W. Severson. (1993) Biochemical and molecular basis of mosquito susceptibility to Plasmodium and filarioid nematodes. IN: Parasites and Pathogens of Insects, (eds. Beckage, N., B. Federici and S.N. Thompson), Academic Press, pp. 245-266.


Journal Articles:

Hill, C.L., A. Sharma, Y. Shouche and D.W. Severson. (2014) Dynamics of midgut microflora and dengue virus impact on life history traits in Aedes aegypti. Acta Tropica 140C:151-157.

Mysore, K., E. Flannery, M. Lemming, M. Tomchaney, L. Shi, L. Sun, J. O’Tousa, D.W. Severson and M. Duman-Scheel. (2014) Role of semaphorin-1a in the developing visual system of the yellow fever/dengue vector mosquito Aedes aegypti. Developmental Dynamics 243:1457-1469.

Senapati, S., Z. Slouka, S.S. Shah, S.K. Behura, M.S. Stack, D.W. Severson and H.-C. Chang. (2014) An ion-exchange nanomembrane sensor for detection of nucleic acids using a surface charge inversion phenomenon. Biosensors and Bioelectronics 60:92-100.

Behura, S.K., C. Gomez-Machorro, B. deBruyn, D.D. Lovin, B.W. Harker, J. Romero-Severson, A. Mori and D.W. Severson. (2014) Influence of mosquito genotype on transcriptional response to dengue virus infection. Functional & Integrative Genomics 14:581-589.

Behura, S.K. and D.W. Severson. (2014) Bicluster pattern of codon context usages between Flavivirus and vector mosquito Aedes aegypti: relevance to infection and transcriptional response of mosquito genes. Molecular Genetics and Genomics 289:885-894.

Timoshevskiy, V.A., N.A. Kinney, B.S. deBruyn, C. Mao, Z. Tu, D.W. Severson, I.V. Sharakhov and M.V. Sharakhova. (2014) Genomic composition and evolution of Aedes aegypti chromosomes revealed by low-resolution physical mapping. BMC Biology 12:27.

Behura, S.K. and D.W. Severson. (2013) Association of microsatellite pairs with segmental duplications in insect genomes. BMC Genomics 14:907.

Sarro, J., E. Andrews, L. Sun, S.K. Behura, J.C. Tan, E. Zeng, D.W. Severson and M. Duman-Scheel. (2013) Requirement for commissureless2 function during dipteran insect nerve cord development. Developmental Dynamics 242:1466-1477.

Harker, B.W., S.K. Behura, B.S. deBruyn, D.D. Lovin, A. Mori, J. Romero-Severson and D.W. Severson. (2013) Stage-specific transcription during development of the mosquito Aedes aegypti. BMC Developmental Biology 13:19.

Behura, S.K., B.K. Singh and D.W. Severson. (2013) Antagonistic relationships between intron content and codon usage bias of genes in three mosquito species: functional and evolutionary implications. Evolutionary Applications 6:1079-1089.

Behura, S.K. and D.W. Severson. (2013) Overlapping genes of Aedes aegypti: evolutionary implications from comparison with Anopheles gambiae and other insects. BMC Evolutionary Biology 13:124.

Hickner, P.V., A. Mori, D.D. Chadee and D.W. Severson. (2013) Composite linkage map and enhanced genome map for Culex pipiens complex mosquitoes. Journal of Heredity 104:649-655.

Charan, S.S., K.D. Pawar, D.W. Severson, M.S. Patole and Y.S. Shouche. (2013) Comparative analysis of midgut bacterial communities of Aedes aegypti mosquito strains varying in vector competence to dengue virus. Parasitology Research 112:2627-2637.

Mysore K., E.M. Flannery, M. Tomchaney, D.W. Severson and M. Duman-Scheel. (2013) Disruption of Aedes aegypti olfactory system development through chitosan/RNA nanoparticle targeting of semaphorin-1a. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases 7:e2215.

Bisset, J.A., R. Marin, M.M. Rodriguez, D.W. Severson, Y. Ricardo, L. French, M. Diaz and O. Perez. (2013) Insecticide resistance in two Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae) strains from Costa Rica. Journal of Medical Entomology 50:352-361.

Behura, S.K. and D.W. Severson. (2013) Nucleotide substitutions in dengue virus serotypes from Asian and American countries: insights into intracodon recombination and purifying selection. BMC Microbiology 13:37.

Timoshevskiy V.A., D.W. Severson, Becky S. deBruyn, W.C. Black, I.V. Sharkhov and M.V. Sharakhova. (2013) An integrated linkage, chromosome, and genome map for the yellow fever mosquito Aedes aegypti. PLoS ONE 7:e4311.

Nguyen, C., E. Andrews, C. Le, L. Sun, Z. Annan, A. Clemons, D.W. Severson and M. Duman-Scheel. (2013) Functional genetic characterization of salivary gland development in Aedes aegypti. PLoS ONE 4:9.

Liu, B., S.K. Behura, R.J. Clem, A. Schneemann, J. Becnel, D.W. Severson and L. Zhou. (2013) P53-mediated rapid induction of apoptosis conveys resistance to viral infection in insects. PLoS Pathogens 9:e1003137.

Chauhan, C., S.K. Behura, B. deBruyn, D.D. Lovin, B.W. Harker, C. Gomez-Machorro, A. Mori, J. Romero-Severson and D.W. Severson. (2012) Comparative expression profiles of midgut genes in dengue virus refractory and susceptible Aedes aegyptiacross critical period for virus infection. Gene 504:226-232.

Behura, S.K. and D.W. Severson. (2012) Comparative analysis of codon usage bias and codon context patterns between Dipteran and Hymenopteran sequenced genomes. PLoS ONE 7:e4311.

Rodriguez, O., B.K. Singh, D.W. Severson and S.K. Behura. (2012) Translational selection of genes coding for perfectly conserved proteins among three mosquito vectors. Infection, Genetics and Evolution 4:e1335.

Behura, S.K. and D.W. Severson. (2012) Genome-wide comparative analysis of simple sequence coding repeats among 25 insect species. Gene 504:226-232.

Mahabir, R.S., D.W. Severson and D.D. Chadee. (2012) Impact of road networks on the distribution of Dengue fever cases in Trinidad, West Indies. Acta Tropica 123:178-183.

Behura, S.K. and D.W. Severson. (2012) Intrinsic features of Aedes aegypti genes affect transcriptional responsiveness of mosquito genes to dengue virus infection. Infection, Genetics and Evolution 12:1413-1418.

Shin, D., A. Mori and D.W. Severson. (2012) Genetic mapping a meiotic driver that causes sex ratio distortion in the mosquito Aedes aegypti.. Journal of Heredity 103:303-307.

Berois M., J. Romero-Severson and D.W. Severson. (2012) RNAi knock-downs support roles for the mucin-like (AeIMUC1) gene and short-chain dehydrogenase/reductase (SDR) gene in Aedes aegypti susceptibility to Plasmodium gallinaceum. Medical and Veterinary Entomology 26:112-115.

Behura, S.K., C. Gomez-Machorro, B.W. Harker, B. deBruyn, D.D. Lovin, R.R. Hemme, A. Mori, J. Romero-Severson and D.W. Severson. (2011) Global cross-talk of genes of the mosquito Aedes aegypti in response to dengue virus infection. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases 5:e1385.

Sharakhova, M.V., V.A. Timoshevskiy, F. Yang, S.I. Demin, D.W. Severson and I.V. Sharakhov. (2011) Imaginal discs – a new source of chromosomes for genome mapping of the yellow fever mosquito Aedes aegypti. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases 5:e1335.

Hickner P.V., B. deBruyn, D.D. Lovin, A. Mori, C.A. Saski and D.W. Severson. (2011) Enhancing genome investigations in the mosquito Culex quinquefasciatus via BAC library construction and characterization. BMC Research Notes 4:358.

Behura S.K., M. Haugen, E. Flannery, J. Sarro, C.R. Tessier, D.W. Severson and M. Duman-Scheel. (2011) Comparative genomic analysis of Drosophila melanogaster and vector mosquito developmental genes. PLoS ONE 6:e21504.

Haugen M., E. Flannery, M. Tomchaney, A. Mori, S.K. Behura, D.W. Severson and M. Duman-Scheel. (2011) Semaphorin-1a is required for Aedes aegypti embryonic nerve cord development. PLoS ONE 6:e21694.

Shin D., L. Jin, N.F. Lobo and D.W. Severson. (2011) Transcript profiling of the meiotic drive phenotype in testis of Aedes aegypti using suppressive subtractive hybridization. Journal of Insect Physiology 57:1220-1226.

Martins G.F., J.M. Ramalho-Ortigao, N.F. Lobo, D.W. Severson, M.A. McDowell and P.F. Pimenta. (2011) Insights into the transcriptome of oenocytes from Aedes aegypti pupae. Memorias do Instituto Oswaldo Cruz 106:308-315.

Behura S.K., N.F. Lobo, B. Haas, B. deBruyn, D.D. Lovin, M.F. Shumway, D. Puiu, J. Romero-Severson, V. Nene and D.W. Severson. (2011) Complete sequences of mitochondria genomes of Aedes aegypti and Culex quinquefasciatus and comparative analysis of mitochondrial DNA fragments inserted in the nuclear genomes. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 41:770-777.

Clemons A., Haugen M., Le C., Mori A., Tomchaney M., Severson D.W. and M. Duman-Scheel. (2011) siRNA-mediated gene targeting in Aedes aegypti embryos reveals that frazzled regulates vector mosquito CNS development. PLoS ONE 6:e16730.

Schneider, J.R., D.D. Chadee, A. Mori, J. Romero-Severson and D.W. Severson. (2011) Heritability and adaptive phenotypic plasticity of adult body size in the mosquito Aedes aegypti with implications for dengue vector competence. Infection, Genetics and Evolution 11:11-16.

Sutherland, I.W., A. Mori, J. Montgomery, K.L. Fleming, J.M. Anderson, J.G. Valenzuela, D.W. Severson and Black, W.C. IV. (2011) An intensive linkage map of the Asian tiger mosquito (Aedes albopictus) based upon cDNA markers. Journal of Heredity 102:102-112.

Behura, S.K. and D.W. Severson. (2011) Coadaptation of isoacceptor tRNA genes and codon usage bias for translation efficiency in Aedes aegypti and Anopheles gambiae. Insect Molecular Biology 20:177-187.

Hickner, P.V., B. deBruyn, D.D. Lovin, A. Mori, S.K. Behura, R. Pinger and D.W. Severson. (2010) Genome-based microsatellite development in the Culex pipiens complex and comparative microsatellite frequency with Aedes aegypti and Anopheles gambiae. PLoS ONE 5:e13062. Additional Files

Arensburger, P., K. Megy, R.M. Waterhouse, J. Abrudan, P. Amedeo, B. Antelo, L. Bartholomay, S. Bidwell, E. Caler, F. Camara, C.L. Campbell, K.S. Campbell, C. Casola, M.T. Castro, I. Chandramousliswaran, S.B. Chapman, S. Christely, J. Costas, E. Eisenstadt, C. Feshotte, C. Fraser-Liggett, R. Guigo, B. Haas, M. Hammond, B.S. Hansson, J. Hemingway, S. Hill, C. Howarth, R. Ignell, R.C. Kennedy, C.D. Kodira, N.F. Lobo, C. Mao, G. Mayhew, K. Michel, A. Mori, N. Liu, H. Naveira, V. Nene, N. Nguyen, M.D. Pearson, E.J. Pritham, D. Puiu, Y. Qi, J.M.C. Ribeiro, H.M. Roberston, D.W. Severson, M. Shumway, M. Stanke, R. Strausberg, C. Sun, G. Sutton, Z. Tu, J.M.C. Tubio, M.F. Unger, D.L. Vanlandingham, A.J. Vilella, O. White, J.R. White, J. Wortman, E.M. Zdobnov, B. Birren, B.M. Christensen, F. Collins, A. Cornel, G. Dimopoulos, L.I. Hannick, S. Higgs, G. Lanzaro, D. Lawson, N.H. Lee, M.A.T. Muskavitch, A. Raikhel and P. Atkinson. (2010) Sequencing of Culex quinquefasciatus establishes a platform for mosquito comparative genomics. Science 330:86-88.

Hemme, R.R., C.L. Thomas, D.D. Chadee and D.W. Severson. (2010) Influence of urban landscapes on population dynamics in a short-distance migrant mosquito: evidence for the dengue vector Aedes aegypti. PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases 4:e634.

Behura, S.K., M. Stanke, C.A. Desjardins, J.H. Werren and D.W. Severson. (2010) Comparative analysis of nuclear tRNA genes of Nasonia vitripennis and other arthropods, and relationships to codon usage bias. Insect Molecular Biology S1:49-58. Additional Files

Lovin, D.D., K.O. Washington, B. deBruyn, R.R. Hemme, A. Mori, S.R. Epstein, B.W. Harker, T.G. Streit and D.W. Severson. (2009) Genome-based polymorphic microsatellite development and validation in the mosquito Aedes aegypti and application to population genetics in Haiti. BMC Genomics 10:590. Additional Files

Hemme, R.E., J.L. Tank, D.D. Chadee and D.W. Severson. (2009) Environmental conditions in water storage drums and influences on Aedes aegypti in Trinidad, West Indies. Acta Tropica 112:59-66.

Lawson, D., P. Arensburger, P. Atkinson, N.J. Besansky, R.V. Bruggner, R. Butler, K.S. Campbell, G.K. Christophides, S. Christley, E. Dialynas, M. Hammond, C.A. Hill, N. Konopinski, N.F. Lobo, R.M. MacCallum, G. Madey, K. Megy, J. Meyer, S. Redmond, D.W. Severson, E.O. Stinson, P. Topalis, E. Birney, W.M. Gelbart, F.C. Kafatos, C. Louis and F.H. Collins. (2009) VectorBase: a data resource for invertebrate vector genomics. Nucleic Acids Research 37:D583-D587.

Mori, A., J. Romero-Severson, W.C. Black IV and D.W. Severson. (2008) Quantitative trait loci determining autogeny and body size in the Asian tiger mosquito (Aedes albopictus). Heredity 101:75-82. Supplement

Schneider, J.R., A. Mori, J. Romero-Severson, D.D. Chadee and D.W. Severson. (2007) Investigations of dengue-2 susceptibility and body size among Aedes aegypti populations. Medical and Veterinary Entomology 21:370-376.

Chadee, D.D., R. Doon and D.W. Severson. (2007) Surveillance of dengue fever cases using a novel Aedes aegypti population sampling method in Trinidad, West Indies: the cardinal points approach. Acta Tropica 104:1-7.

Mori, A., J. Romero-Severson and D.W. Severson. (2007) Genetic basis for reproductive diapause is correlated with life history traits within the Culex pipiens complex. Insect Molecular Biology 16:515-524.

Lumjuan, N., B.J. Stevenson, L. Prapanthadara, P. Somboon, P.M. Brophy, B.J. Loftus, D.W. Severson and H. Ranson. (2007) The Aedes aeygpti glutathione transferase family. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 37:1026-1035.

Mori, A., N.F. Lobo, B. deBruyn and D.W. Severson. (2007) Molecular cloning and characterization of the complete acetylcholinesterase (Ace1) gene from the mosquito Aedes aegypti with implications for comparative genome analysis. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 37:667-674.

Lobo, N.F., K.S. Campbell, D. Thaner, B. deBruyn, H. Koo, W.M. Gelbart, B.J. Loftus, D.W. Severson and F.H. Collins. (2007) Analysis of 14 BAC sequences from the Aedes aegypti genome: a benchmark for genome annotation and assembly. Genome Biology 8:R88. Supplemental

Waterhouse, R.M., E.V. Kriventseva, S. Meister, Z. Xi, K.S. Alvarez, L.C. Bartholomay, C. Barillas-Mury, G. Bian, S. Blandin, B.M. Christensen, Y. Dong, H. Jiang, M.R. Kanost, A.C. Koutsos, E.A. Levashina, J. Li, P. Ligoxygakis, R.M. MacCallum, G.F. Mayhew, A. Mendes, K. Michel, M.A. Osta, S. Paskewitz, S.W. Shin, D. Vlachou, L. Wang, W. Wei, L. Zheng, Z. Zou, D.W. Severson, A.S. Raikhel, F.C. Kafatos, G. Dimopoulos, E.M. Zdobnov and G.K. Christophides. (2007) Evolutionary dynamics of immune-related genes and pathways in disease-vector mosquitoes. Science 316:1738-1743. Supplemental

Nene, V, Wortman, J.R., Lawson, D., Haas, B., Kodira, C., Tu, Z., Loftus, B., Xi, Z., Megy, K., Grabherr, M., Ren, Q., Zdobnov, E.M., Lobo, N.F., Campbell, K.S., Brown, S.E., Bonaldo, M.F., Zhu, J., Sinkins, S., Hogenkamp, D.G., Amedo, P., Arensburger, P., Atkinson, P.W., Bidwell, S., Biedler, J., Birney, E., Bruggner, R.V., Costas, J., Coy, M.R., Crabtree, J., Crawford, M., deBruyn, B, DeCaprio, D., Eiglmeier, K., Eisenstadt, E., El-Dorry, H., Gelbart, W.M., Gomes, S.L., Hammond, M., Hannick, L.I., Hogan, J.R., Holmes, M.H., Jaffe, D., Johnston, S.J., Kennedy, R., Koo, H., Kravitz, S., Kriventseva, E.V, Kulp, D., LaButti, K., Lee, E., Li, S., Lovin, D.D., Mao, C., Mauceli, E., Menck, C.F.M., Miller, J.R., Montgomery, P., Mori, A., Nascimento, A.L., Naveira, H.F., Nusbaum, C., O’Leary, S., Orvis, J., Pertea, M., Quesneville, H., Reidenbach, K.R., Rogers, Y.-H., Roth, C.W., Schneider, J.R., Schatz, M., Shumway, M., Stanke, M., Stinson, E.O., Tubio, J.M.C., VanZee, J.P., Verjovski-Almeida, S., Werner, D., White, O., Wyder, S., Zeng, Q., Zhao, Q., Zhao, Y., Hill, C.A., Raikhel, A.S., Soares, M.B., Knudson, D.L., Lee, N.H., Galagan, J., Salzberg, S.L.,, Paulsen, I.T., Dimopoulos, G., Collins, F.H., Birren, B., Fraser-Liggett, C.M. and D.W. Severson. (2007) Genome sequence of Aedes aegypti, a major arbovirus vector. Science 316:1718-1722. Supplemental

Chambers, E.W., J.K. Meece, J.A. McGowan, D.D. Lovin, R.R. Hemme, D.D. Hemme, K. McAbee, S.E. Brown, D.L. Knudson and D.W. Severson. (2007) Microsatellite isolation and linkage group identification in the yellow fever mosquito Aedes aegypti. Journal of Heredity 98:202-210.

Lawson, D., P. Atkinson, N.J. Besansky, R.V. Bruggner, R. Butler, K.S. Campbell, G. Christophides, S. Christley, E. Dialynas, D. Emmert, M. Hammond, C. Hill, R. Kennedy, N.F. Lobo, G. Madey, K. Megy, R.M. MacCallum, S. Redmond, S. Russo, D.W. Severson, E.O. Stinson, P. Topalis, E.M. Zdobnov, E. Birney, W.M. Gelbart, C. Louis, F.C. Kafatos and F.H. Collins. (2007) VectorBase: A home for invertebrate vectors of human pathogens. Nucleic Acids Research 35:D503-D505.

Cha, S.-J., N. Lobo, B. deBruyn and D.W. Severson. (2006) Isolation and characterization of the RanGAP gene in the mosquito Aedes aegypti. DNA Sequence 17: 223-230.

Cha, S.-J., D.D. Chadee and D.W. Severson. (2006) Population dynamics of an endogenous meiotic drive system in Aedes aegypti in Trinidad. The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 75: 70-77.

Anderson, J.R., J.R. Schneider, P.R. Grimstad and D.W. Severson. (2006) Identification of quantitative trait loci for larval morphological traits in interspecific hybrids of Ochlerotatus triseriatus and Ochlerotatus hendersoni (Diptera: Culicidae). Genetica 127: 163-175.

Cha, S.-J., A. Mori, D.D. Chadee and D.W. Severson. (2006) Cage trials using an endogenous meiotic drive gene in the mosquito, Aedes aegypti, to promote population replacement. The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 74: 62-68.

Zhou, L., J. Guohua, G. Chan, C.P. Santos, D.W. Severson and L. Xiao. (2005) Michelob_x is the missing IAP-antagonist in mosquito genomes. EMBO Reports 6: 1-6. .

Anderson, J.R., J.R. Schneider, P.R. Grimstad and D.W. Severson (2005) Quantitative genetics of vector competence for La Crosse virus and body size in Ochlerotatus hendersoni and Ochlerotatus triseriatus interspecific hybrids. Genetics 169:1529-1539. .

Mori, A., D.D. Chadee, D.H. Graham and D.W. Severson. (2004) Reinvestigation of an endogenous meiotic drive system in the mosquito Aedes aegypti (Diptera: Culicidae). Journal of Medical Entomology 41:1027-1033. .

Severson, D.W., B. deBruyn, D.D. Lovin, S.E. Brown, D.L. Knudson and I. Morlais. (2004) Comparative genome analysis of the yellow fever mosquito Aedes aegypti with Drosophila melanogaster and the malaria vector mosquito Anopheles gambiae. Journal of Heredity 95:103-113.

Nabeshima, T., A. Mori, T. Kozaki, Y. Iwata, O. Hidoh, S. Harada, S. Kasai, D.W. Severson, Y. Kono and T. Tomita. (2004) An amino acid substitution attributable to insecticide-insensitivity of acetylcholinesterase in a Japanese encephalitis vector mosquito, Culex tritaeniorhynchus. Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications 313:794-801.

Jimenez, L.V., B.-K. Kang, B. deBruyn, D.D. Lovin and D.W. Severson. (2004) Characterization of an Aedes aegypti BAC library and chromosomal assignment of BAC clones for physical mapping QTL that influence Plasmodium susceptibility. Insect Molecular Biology 13:37-44.

Morlais, I. and D.W. Severson. (2003) Intraspecific DNA variation in nuclear genes of the mosquito Aedes aegypti Insect Molecular Biology 12:631-639.

Morlais, I., A. Mori, J.R. Schneider and D.W. Severson. (2003) Targeted approach toward identification of candidate genes determining Plasmodium gallinceum susceptibility in Aedes aegypti. Molecular and General Genomics 269:753-764.

Chambers, E.W., D.D. Lovin and D.W. Severson. (2003) Utility of comparative anchor-tagged sequences as physical anchors for comparative genome analysis among the Culicidae. American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 69:98-104.

Colton, Y.M., D.D. Chadee and D.W. Severson. (2003) Natural skip oviposition of the mosquito Aedes aegypti indicated by codominant genetic markers. Medical and Veterinary Entomology 17:195-204.

Yan, G. and D.W. Severson. (2003) Dynamics of molecular markers linked to the resistance loci in a mosquito-Plasmodium system. Genetics 164:511-519.

Severson, D.W., J.K. Meece, D.D. Lovin, G. Saha and I. Morlais. (2002) Linkage map organization of expressed sequence tags and sequence tagged sites in the mosquito, Aedes aegypti. Insect Molecular Biology 11:371-378.

Morlais, I. and D.W. Severson. (2002) Complete mitochondrial DNA sequence and amino acid analysis of the cytochrome c oxidase subunit I (COI) from Aedes aegypti. DNA Research 13:123-127.

Morlais, I. and D.W. Severson. (2001) Identification of a polymorphic mucin-like gene expressed in the midgut of the mosquito, Aedes aegypti, using an integrated bulked segregant and differential display analysis. Genetics 158:1125-1135.

Anderson, J.R., P.R. Grimstad and D.W. Severson. (2001) Chromosomal evolution among six mosquito species (Diptera: Culicidae) based on shared restriction fragment length polymorphisms. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 20:316-321.

Mori, A., T. Tomita, O. Hidoh, Y. Kono and D.W. Severson. (2001) Comparative map development and identification of an autosomal locus for insensitive acetylcholinesterase-mediated insecticide resistance in Culex tritaeniorhynchus. Insect Molecular Biology 10:197-204.

Brown, S.E., D.W. Severson, L.A. Smith and D.L. Knudson. (2001) Integration of the Aedes aegypti genetic linkage and physical maps. Genetics 157:1299-1305.

Severson, D.W., D. Zaitlin and V.A. Kassner. (1999) Targeted identification of markers linked to malaria and filarioid nematode parasite resistance genes in the mosquito Aedes aegypti. Genetical Research 73:217-224.

Yan, G., J. Romero-Severson, M. Walton, D.D. Chadee and D.W. Severson. (1999) Population genetics of the yellow fever mosquito in Trinidad: comparisons of AFLP and RFLP markers. Molecular Ecology 8:951-963.

Mori, A., D.W. Severson and B.M. Christensen. (1999) Comparative linkage maps for the mosquitoes, Culex pipiens and Aedes aegypti, based on common RFLP loci. Journal of Heredity 90:160-164.

Lowenberger, C.A., C.T. Smartt, P. Bulet, M.T. Ferdig, D.W. Severson, J.A. Hoffman and B.M. Christensen. (1999) Insect immunity: molecular cloning, expression, and characterization of cDNAs and genomic DNA encoding three isoforms of insect defensin in Aedes aegypti. Insect Molecular Biology 8:107-118.

Edwards, M.J., D.W. Severson and H.H. Hagedorn. (1998) Vitelline envelope genes of the yellow fever mosquito, Aedes aegypti. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 28:915-925.

Ferdig, M.T., A.S. Taft, D.W. Severson and B.M. Christensen. (1998) Development of a comparative genetic linkage map for Armigeres subalbatus using Aedes aegypti RFLP markers. Genome Research 8:41-47.

Yan, G., D. Chadee and D.W. Severson. (1998) Molecular population genetics of the yellow fever mosquito: evidence for genetic hitchhiking effects associated with insecticide resistance. Genetics 148:793-800.

Grossman, G.L., Y. Campos, D.W. Severson and A.A. James. (1997) Evidence for two distinct members of the amylase gene family in the yellow fever mosquito, Aedes aegypti. Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology 27:769-781.

Yan, G., D.W. Severson and B.M. Christensen. (1997) Costs and benefits of mosquito refractoriness to malaria parasites: implicationSes for genetic variability of mosquitoes and genetic control of malaria. Evolution 51:441-450.

Severson, D.W., N.M. Anthony, O. Andreev and R.H. ffrench-Constant. (1997) Molecular mapping of insecticide resistance genes in the yellow fever mosquito Aedes aegypti. Journal of Heredity 88:520-524.

Yan, G., B.M. Christensen and D.W. Severson. (1997) Comparisons of genetic variability and genome structure among mosquito strains selected for refractoriness to a malaria parasite. Journal of Heredity 88:187-194.

Gorman, M.J., D.W. Severson, A.J. Cornel, F.H. Collins and S.M. Paskewitz. (1997) Mapping a quantitative trait locus involved in melanotic encapsulation of foreign bodies in the malaria vector, Anopheles gambiae. Genetics 146:965-971.

Ferdig, M.T., J. Li, D.W. Severson and B.M. Christensen. (1996) Mosquito dopa decarboxylase cDNA characterization and bloodmeal-induced ovarian expression. Insect Molecular Biology 5:119-126.

Severson, D.W. and Y. Zhang. (1996) Generation of expressed sequence tags and sequence-tagged sites as physical landmarks in the mosquito, Aedes aegypti, genome. Genome 39:224-229.

Severson, D.W., A. Mori, V.A. Kassner and B.M. Christensen. (1995) Comparative linkage maps for the mosquitoes, Aedes albopictus and Aedes aegypti, based on common RFLP loci. Insect Molecular Biology 4:41-45.

Severson, D.W., V. Thathy, A. Mori, Y. Zhang and B.M. Christensen. (1995) Restriction fragment length polymorphism mapping of quantitative trait loci for malaria parasite susceptibility in the mosquito Aedes aegypti. Genetics 139:1711-1717.

Beerntsen, B.T., D.W. Severson, J.A. Kinkhammer, V.A. Kassner and B.M. Christensen. (1995) Aedes aegypti: a quantitative trait locus (QTL) influencing filarial worm intensity is linked to QTL for susceptibility to other mosquito-borne pathogens. Experimental Parasitology 81:355-362.

Severson, D.W. and V.A. Kassner. (1995) Analysis of mosquito genome structure using graphical genotyping. Insect Molecular Biology 4:279-286.

Severson, D.W., A. Mori, Y. Zhang and B.M. Christensen. (1994) The suitability of restriction fragment length polymorphism markers for evaluating genetic diversity among and synteny between mosquito species. The American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene 50:425-432.

Severson, D.W., A. Mori, Y. Zhang and B.M. Christensen. (1994) Chromosomal mapping of two loci affecting filarial worm susceptibility in Aedes aegypti. Insect Molecular Biology 3:67-73.

Thathy, V., D.W. Severson and B.M. Christensen. (1994) Reinterpretation of the genetics of susceptibility of Aedes aegypti to Plasmodium gallinaceum. Journal of Parasitology 80:705-712.

Beerntsen, B.T., D.W. Severson and B.M. Christensen. (1994) Aedes aegypti: characterization of a hemolymph polypeptide expressed during melanotic encapsulation of filarial worms. Experimental Parasitology 79:312-321.

Young, A.M. and D.W. Severson. (1994) Comparative analysis of steam distilled floral oils of cacao cultivars (Theobroma cacao L., Sterculiaceae) and attraction of flying insects: implications for a Theobroma pollination syndrome. Journal of Chemical Ecology 20:2687-2703.

Severson, D.W., A. Mori, Y. Zhang and B.M. Christensen. (1993) Linkage map for Aedes aegypti using restriction fragment length polymorphisms. Journal of Heredity 84:241-247.

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