Genetic sexing through the use of Y-linked transgenes

Insect Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

Volumn 37, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1168-1176

  Condon, Kirsty C ^a,b   Condon, George C ^a   Dafa'alla, Tarig H ^b   Fu, Guoliang ^b   Phillips, Caroline E ^b   Jin, Li ^b   Gong, Peng ^a   Alphey, Luke ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b OXITEC LIMITED   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ceratitis capitata; Genetic sexing; Germ line transformation; Marker; Mediterranean fruit fly; piggyBac; SIT; Y chromosome insertion

Indexed keywords

PHOTOPROTEIN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICS; HISTOLOGY; METHODOLOGY; MUTATION; SEX DETERMINATION; SEXUAL DEVELOPMENT; TEPHRITIDAE; TRANSGENE; Y CHROMOSOMAL INHERITANCE;

ANIMALS; GENES, Y-LINKED; GENETIC MARKERS; GERM-LINE MUTATION; LUMINESCENT PROTEINS; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; SEX CHARACTERISTICS; SEX DETERMINATION (ANALYSIS); TEPHRITIDAE; TRANSGENES;

CERATITIS CAPITATA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 34748871319     PISSN: 09651748     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ibmb.2007.07.006     Document Type: Article

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