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Australian endemic pest tephritids: genetic, molecular and microbial tools for improved Sterile Insect Technique

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Title
Australian endemic pest tephritids: genetic, molecular and microbial tools for improved Sterile Insect Technique
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BMC Genomic Data, December 2014
DOI 10.1186/1471-2156-15-s2-s9
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Kathryn A Raphael, Deborah CA Shearman, A Stuart Gilchrist, John A Sved, Jennifer L Morrow, William B Sherwin, Markus Riegler, Marianne Frommer

Abstract

Among Australian endemic tephritid fruit flies, the sibling species Bactrocera tryoni and Bactrocera neohumeralis have been serious horticultural pests since the introduction of horticulture in the nineteenth century. More recently, Bactrocera jarvisi has also been declared a pest in northern Australia. After several decades of genetic research there is now a range of classical and molecular genetic tools that can be used to develop improved Sterile Insect Technique (SIT) strains for control of these pests. Four-way crossing strategies have the potential to overcome the problem of inbreeding in mass-reared strains of B. tryoni. The ability to produce hybrids between B. tryoni and the other two species in the laboratory has proved useful for the development of genetically marked strains. The identification of Y-chromosome markers in B. jarvisi means that male and female embryos can be distinguished in any strain that carries a B. jarvisi Y chromosome. This has enabled the study of homologues of the sex-determination genes during development of B jarvisi and B. tryoni, which is necessary for the generation of genetic-sexing strains. Germ-line transformation has been established and a draft genome sequence for B. tryoni released. Transcriptomes from various species, tissues and developmental stages, to aid in identification of manipulation targets for improving SIT, have been assembled and are in the pipeline. Broad analyses of the microbiome have revealed a metagenome that is highly variable within and across species and defined by the environment. More specific analyses detected Wolbachia at low prevalence in the tropics but absent in temperate regions, suggesting a possible role for this endosymbiont in future control strategies.

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Country Count As %
Korea, Republic of 1 2%
United Kingdom 1 2%
Pakistan 1 2%
Unknown 56 95%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Researcher 15 25%
Student > Ph. D. Student 13 22%
Student > Master 11 19%
Student > Postgraduate 4 7%
Other 3 5%
Other 5 8%
Unknown 8 14%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 35 59%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 7 12%
Chemistry 3 5%
Environmental Science 2 3%
Nursing and Health Professions 1 2%
Other 4 7%
Unknown 7 12%