Keywords: translocations
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Genetic control of insect populations: I. Cage studies of chromosome replacement by compound autosomes in Drosophila melanogasteM. Fitz-Earle, D. G. Holm and D. T. Suzuki, Genetics, 74:461-475. 1973.
A genetic method for insect control was evaluated using the test organism, Drosophila melanogaster. The technique involved the displacement under a system of continuous reproduction, of standard strains by those carrying compound autosomes. The eradication of the replacements ... |
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Changing population structure through the use of compound chromosomesD. Childress, Genetics, 72:183-186. 1972.
Theoretical calculations and population cage data are presented to illustrate the use of compound chromosomes to change the genetic structure of insect populations. |
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Chromosome rearrangements for the control of insect pestsG. G. Foster, M. J. Whitten, T. Prout and R. Gill, Science, 176:875-880. 1972.
Over several years some biologists have been interested in the possibilities of employing genetic techniques in the control of insect pests. One idea has been to introduce in the natural population genotypes which could subsequently facilitate control, or which might render the ... |
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Insect control by genetic manipulation of natural populationsM. J. Whitten, Science, 171:682. 1971.
The possible use of chromosome rearrangements is considered as a means for introducing genes into insect populations for their own control. The release of laboratory-constructed strains differing from the field population for a number of chromosome interchanges should create an ... |
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Possible use of translocations to fix desirable genes in insect populations.Curtis, CF, Nature, 218:368-369. 1968.
Chromosome translocation heterozygotes (T/+) are usually semisterile, but translocation homozygotes (T/T) if viable are usually fully fertile. If such a viable translocation were produced in an insect pest, T/T insects could be reared in captivity and released into the wild, ... |
