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Male-specific Y-linked transgene markers to enhance biologically-based control of the Mexican fruit fly, Anastrepha ludens(Diptera: Tephritidae)

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Title
Male-specific Y-linked transgene markers to enhance biologically-based control of the Mexican fruit fly, Anastrepha ludens(Diptera: Tephritidae)
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BMC Genomic Data, December 2014
DOI 10.1186/1471-2156-15-s2-s4
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J Salvador Meza, Marc F Schetelig, C Silvia Zepeda-Cisneros, Alfred M Handler

Abstract

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 flies such as the Mexican fruit fly, Anastrepha ludens, polyubiquitin-regulated fluorescent protein body markers allow transgenic fly identification, and fluorescent protein genes regulated by the spermatocyte-specific β2-tubulin promoter effectively mark sperm. For sterile male release programs, both marking systems can be made male-specific by linkage to the Y chromosome.

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Country Count As %
Unknown 16 100%

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Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 4 25%
Researcher 3 19%
Student > Bachelor 2 13%
Professor 1 6%
Other 1 6%
Other 2 13%
Unknown 3 19%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 8 50%
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 3 19%
Environmental Science 1 6%
Social Sciences 1 6%
Unknown 3 19%