Researchers trace the ancient origins of an urban mosquito species
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Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute Oct 23 2025 New research has uncovered the ancient origins of an urban mosquito species, Culex pipiens form molestus , also known as the 'London Underground mosquito' – disproving a long-held theory of when it first evolved. Published today (23 October) in Science , researchers from Princeton University, the Wellcome Sanger Institute, the Natural History Museum in London and their collaborators extracted and analyzed hundreds of mosquito DNA samples to trace the
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