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piggyBac-based transgenic RNAi of serine protease 2 results in male sterility in Hyphantria cuneaX. Li, Q. Liu, H. Bi, Y. Wang, X. Xu, W. Sun, Z. Zhang and Y. Huang, Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 103726. 2022.![]() Fall webworm, Hyphantria cunea, is a global invasive forest pest that causes serious damage to the economy and ecosystem of agriculture and forestry. Due to the extent of the problem and the difficulty of conventional chemical control, new technologies must be pursued, such as ... Keywords: Anopheles, arabiensis, genetic sexing, genetically modified mosquitoes, malaria, sex separation, SIT, sterile insect technique |
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White pupae phenotype of tephritids is caused by parallel mutations of a MFS transporterC. M. Ward, R. A. Aumann, M. A. Whitehead, K. Nikolouli, G. Leveque, G. Gouvi, E. Fung, S. J. Reiling, H. Djambazian, M. A. Hughes, S. Whiteford, C. Caceres-Barrios, T. N. M. Nguyen, A. Choo, P. Crisp, S. B. Sim, S. M. Geib, F. Marec, I. Hacker, J. Ragous, Nature Communications, 12. 2021.![]() Here, we use classical and modern genetic approaches to identify and functionally characterize causal wp(-) mutations in these distantly related fruit fly species. We find that the wp phenotype is produced by parallel mutations in a single, conserved gene. CRISPR/Cas9-mediated ... Keywords: Anopheles, arabiensis, genetic sexing, genetically modified mosquitoes, malaria, sex separation, SIT, sterile insect technique |
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A novel drug-inducible sex separation technique for insectsKandul, N. P., J. Liu, A. D. Hsu, B. A. Hay and O. S. Akbari, bioRxiv, 2019:2019.12.13.875716. 2019.Large sterile male releases are the gold standard for most insect population control methods and thus precise sex sorting is essential to the success of these technologies. Sex sorting is especially important for mosquito control because female mosquitoes bite and transmit ... Keywords: Anopheles, arabiensis, genetic sexing, genetically modified mosquitoes, malaria, sex separation, SIT, sterile insect technique |
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First Anopheles arabiensis germline transformation: Toward the development of a transgenic genetic sexing strainH. C. Bossin, J. Thailayil, F. Catteruccia, J. P. Benton, A. Crisanti, M. Q. Benedict, B. G. Knols and A. S. Robinson, American Journal of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, 75:66-66. 2006.![]() The ability to genetically engineer mosquitoes is likely to have major implications for the development and implementation of genetic control systems against mosquito disease vectors such as the Sterile Insect Technique (SIT). In particular, genetically transformed mosquito ... Keywords: Anopheles, arabiensis, genetic sexing, genetically modified mosquitoes, malaria, sex separation, SIT, sterile insect technique |

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