Display female-specific doublesex RNA interference in early generations of transformed oriental fruit fly, Bactrocera dorsalis (Hendel)

Pest Management Science

Volumn 67, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 466-473

  Chen, Shiu Ling ^a   Lu, Kuang Hui ^a   Dai, Shu Mei ^a   Li, Chia Hsin ^a   Shieh, Chwen Jen ^a   Chang, Cheng ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Bactrocera dorsalis; Doublesex gene; Reverse transcription real time PCR; RNA interference; Short hairpin RNA

Indexed keywords

INSECT PROTEIN;

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL; CLONE; CROP PEST; FLY; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC MARKER; GENOME; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; EVALUATION; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; GENETIC TRANSFORMATION; GENETICS; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; MALE; METABOLISM; METHODOLOGY; PEST CONTROL; PHYSIOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; SPECIES DIFFERENCE; TEPHRITIDAE;

ANIMALS; FEMALE; GENE EXPRESSION REGULATION; INSECT PROTEINS; MALE; PEST CONTROL; REPRODUCTION; RNA INTERFERENCE; SPECIES SPECIFICITY; TEPHRITIDAE; TRANSFORMATION, GENETIC;

BACTROCERA DORSALIS;

EID: 79952600771     PISSN: 1526498X     EISSN: 15264998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ps.2088     Document Type: Article

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