Keywords: Sex Separation

Advances in male sex separation for the support of mosquito control programs

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Duman-Scheel M,  Frontiers in Insect Science,  6. 2026.
Several mosquito control technologies, including the sterile insect technique (SIT), the incompatible insect technique (IIT), and a variety of genetic technologies are emerging as promising solutions for combatting insecticide resistance and the spread of vector-borne diseases. ...

Generating cisgenic sexing strains in insect pests

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Davydova, S., Liu, J., Kandul, N.P. et al.,  Communications Biology,  2026.
Insect pest population control via sterile insect technique markedly benefits from separation by sex prior to release. To simplify this process, traditional genetics has been deployed to develop genetic sexing strains (GSSs) for several disease vectors and agricultural pests of ...

Bisexual releases are as effective as male-only releases to control Drosophila suzukii with the sterile insect technique

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Alexandra Labbetoul, Simon Fellous,  Pest Management Science,  2026.
The sterile insect technique (SIT) suppresses insect reproduction by repeatedly releasing sterile insects and allowing them to mate with insects of the same species in the wild. While the classical SIT relies on sterile males mating with wild females, there is a debate regarding ...

Color-coded mosquitoes safely enables male-only releases to combat Dengue and Zika

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Joshua Shavit,  The Brighter Side of News,  2026.
Across much of the world, a tiny striped insect shapes whether families stay healthy or get sick. The Asian tiger mosquito carries Dengue, Zika and Chikungunya, and traditional control efforts often struggle to keep up. A new genetic trick that literally changes how these ...

Spot the males: New gene-editing method could transform mosquito control

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Robert Egan,  Phys.org,  2025.
Researchers have developed a new "color-coded" genetic method that makes it easy to distinguish male and female mosquitoes. This innovation can help solve a major bottleneck in mosquito control strategies that rely on releasing only sterile males. The approach uses gene editing ...