Engineering insects for the sterile insect technique

Area-Wide Control of Insect Pests: From Research to Field Implementation

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 51-60

  Alphey, L S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b OXITEC LIMITED   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fitness; Genetic sexing; Genetic sterility; Marking; Stability; Transformation

Indexed keywords

EID: 65349162968     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4020-6059-5_3     Document Type: Chapter

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