Fruitless RNAi knockdown in the desert locust, Schistocerca gregaria, influences male fertility

Journal of Insect Physiology

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 265-269

  Boerjan, Bart ^a   Tobback, Julie ^a   Vandersmissen, Hans Peter ^a   Huybrechts, Roger ^a   Schoofs, Liliane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEUVEN   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Copulation success; Fruitless; Reproduction; RNA interference; Schistocerca gregaria

Indexed keywords

DROSOPHILA PROTEIN; FRU PROTEIN, DROSOPHILA; NERVE PROTEIN; TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR;

COPULATION; COURTSHIP; FERTILITY; FLY; LOCUST; MALE BEHAVIOR;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COPULATION; CYTOLOGY; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENE SILENCING; GRASSHOPPER; MALE; PHENOTYPE; PHYSIOLOGY; RNA INTERFERENCE; SEMINAL VESICLE; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOON;

ANIMALS; COPULATION; DROSOPHILA PROTEINS; FEMALE; FERTILITY; GENE KNOCKDOWN TECHNIQUES; GRASSHOPPERS; MALE; NERVE TISSUE PROTEINS; PHENOTYPE; RNA INTERFERENCE; SEMINAL VESICLES; SPERMATOGENESIS; SPERMATOZOA; TRANSCRIPTION FACTORS;

BLATTARIA; BLATTELLA GERMANICA; DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER; DROSOPHILIDAE; HEXAPODA; ORTHOPTERA; SCHISTOCERCA GREGARIA;

EID: 84855552018     PISSN: 00221910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinsphys.2011.11.017     Document Type: Article

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