Igor Filipović

Citation: Marshall JM, Yang S, Bennett JB, Filipović I, Rašić G (2025) Spatial close-kin mark-recapture methods to estimate dispersal parameters and barrier strength for mosquitoes. PLoS Comput Biol 21(11): e1013713. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1013713 Editor: Tyler Cassidy, University of Leeds, UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND Received: May 16, 2025; Accepted: November 6, 2025; Published: November 14, 2025 Copyright: © 2025 Marshall et al.

Abstract Close-kin mark-recapture (CKMR) methods have recently been used to infer demographic parameters for several aquatic and terrestrial species. For mosquitoes, the spatial distribution of close-kin pairs has been used to estimate mean dispersal distance, of relevance to vector-borne disease transmission and genetic biocontrol strategies.

Abstract Although homomorphic sex chromosomes can have non-recombining regions with elevated sequence divergence between its complements, such divergence signals can be difficult to detect bioinformatically. If found in genomes of e.g. insect pests, these sequences could be targeted by the engineered genetic sexing and control systems. Here, we report an approach that can leverage long-read nanopore sequencing of a single XY male to identify divergent regions of homomorphic sex chromosomes.