Development and utilization of transgenic New World screwworm, Cochliomyia hominivorax

Medical and Veterinary Entomology

Volumn 23, Issue SUPPL. 1, 2009, Pages 98-105

  Handler, A M ^a   Allen, M L ^b   Skoda, S R ^c  

^a CENTER FOR MEDICAL   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Bac transformation; Biological control; Cochliomyia hominivorax; Fluorescent proteins; Piggy; Sterile insect technique; Transgenic insects

Indexed keywords

DNA;

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; CRYOPRESERVATION; FITNESS; FLY; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC MARKER; GENETICALLY MODIFIED ORGANISM; MATING BEHAVIOR; PHENOTYPE; PROTEIN; STERILE RELEASE METHOD;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ARTICLE; FEMALE; FERTILITY; FLY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; INFERTILITY; INSECT; INSTRUMENT STERILIZATION; LARVA; LETHAL GENE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; MICROINJECTION; MYIASIS; NORTH AMERICA; PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT; SOUTH AMERICA; TRANSGENIC ANIMAL;

ANIMALS; ANIMALS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; DIPTERA; DNA; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENES, LETHAL; INFERTILITY; LARVA; MALE; MICROINJECTIONS; NORTH AMERICA; PUPA; SCREW WORM INFECTION; SOUTH AMERICA; STERILIZATION; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

CALLIPHORIDAE; COCHLIOMYIA HOMINIVORAX; DIPTERA; HEXAPODA;

EID: 63449083894     PISSN: 0269283X     EISSN: 13652915     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2915.2008.00773.x     Document Type: Article

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