Dominant lethality and insect population control

Molecular and Biochemical Parasitology

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 2002, Pages 173-178

  Alphey, Luke ^a   Andreasen, Morten ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dominant lethality; Genetic engineering; Insect population control

Indexed keywords

DIAPAUSE; FEMALE STERILITY; GENETIC ENGINEERING; INSECT CONTROL; LETHALITY; MATING; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SEX DIFFERENCE; WILD TYPE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GENES, DOMINANT; GENES, INSECT; GENES, LETHAL; GENETIC ENGINEERING; INSECT VECTORS; INSECTS; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; POPULATION DENSITY;

INSECTA;

EID: 0036277062     PISSN: 01666851     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0166-6851(02)00040-3     Document Type: Review

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