Asking others, to be with her,
To map Aedes' genome, with a
Aim to help the war on Zika.
There are many ways to try
The Aedes mosquito to defy:
Some want a means provide
To cause the insects' suicide,
By manipulating genes
To prevent its bearing brood;
Others want prevent its means
To go after human blood;
And still others, to induce it,
To sting animals, not Man.
Yet all these ways to seduce it,
Call for its genome to learn.
Nine scientists, in all,
Responded to the Twitter call,
And a nine-part video chatter
Convened to discuss the matter.
Thus, in a social media coup,
Was formed the Aedes Genome Working Group.
There are few maps of a complete genome:
Man, and mouse, and the fruit fly.
Now the mosquito's will become
A tool to find the what and why...