Developing transgenic Anopheles mosquitoes for the sterile insect technique

Genetica

Volumn 139, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 33-39

  Nolan, Tony ^a   Papathanos, Philippos ^a   Windbichler, Nikolai ^a   Magnusson, Kalle ^a   Benton, Jason ^a   Catteruccia, Flaminia ^a   Crisanti, Andrea ^a,b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Anopheles; Dominant lethality; Malaria; Mosquitoes; Sterile insect technique; Transgenic

Indexed keywords

ANOPHELES (GENUS); ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; HEXAPODA;

EID: 79251648567     PISSN: 00166707     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10709-010-9482-8     Document Type: Article

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