Introducing desirable transgenes into insect populations using Y-linked meiotic drive - A theoretical assessment

Evolution

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 717-726

  Huang, Yunxin ^a   Magori, Krisztian ^a   Lloyd, Alun L ^a   Gould, Fred ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Autosomal modifier; Sex ratio distortion; Transgene; X chromosome responder; Y chromosome driver

Indexed keywords

ALLELE; ASSESSMENT METHOD; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GENE; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENOTYPE; MOSQUITO; NUMERICAL MODEL; THEORETICAL STUDY;

AEDES; ALLELE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DISEASE CARRIER; GENE TRANSFER; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETICS; MALE; MEIOSIS; METHODOLOGY; PARASITOSIS; POPULATION GENETICS; TRANSGENE;

AEDES; ALLELES; ANIMALS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENE TRANSFER TECHNIQUES; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GENETICS, POPULATION; INSECT VECTORS; MALE; MEIOSIS; MODELS, GENETIC; PARASITIC DISEASES; TRANSGENES;

AEDES AEGYPTI; HEXAPODA;

EID: 34047222214     PISSN: 00143820     EISSN: 15585646     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1558-5646.2007.00075.x     Document Type: Article

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