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Male-specific Y-linked transgene markers to enhance biologically-based control of the Mexican fruit fly, Anastrepha ludens (Diptera: Tephritidae).
BMC genetics - 1 Jan 2014
Meza J Salvador, Schetelig Marc F, Zepeda-Cisneros C Silvia, Handler Alfred M
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BACKGROUND: Reliable marking systems are critical to the prospective field release of transgenic insect strains. This is to unambiguously distinguish released insects from wild insects in the field that are collected in field traps, and tissue-specific markers, such as those that are sperm-specific, have particular uses such as identifying wild females that have mated with released males. For tephritid fruit...
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