Biology Reference
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Table 14.1: (Continued)
Table 14.1: Selected Examples of Genetic Modifications of Arthropods Using Multiple Methods.
Project goals
Selected reference(s)
Silencing a bollworm P450 gene impairs gossypol tolerance
Mao et al. 2007
All-male progeny produced by knockdown of
tra
+
in
Tribolium
Shukla and Palli 2012
Chitin synthase genes silenced by RNAi introduced by nanoparticle-
mediated feeding of
An. gambiae
Zhang et al. 2010
RNAi in
Apis mellifera
Hunter et al. 2010, Liu et al. 2010,
Jarosch and Moritz 2011
Silk moth transformation
Artificial parthenogenesis and voltinism control to improve safety of
transgenic strains
Grenier et al. 2004
Protein production by transgenic silk moths
Royer et al. 2005, Zhao et al. 2010
Protein production in middle silk gland
Tatematsu et al. 2010
Production of chimeric spider-silkworm silk
Teule et al. 2012
Sterile insect projects
Transgenic sexing strain for vector control
Catteruccia et al. 2005
Female-specific lethality
Fu et al. 2007
Genetic sexing strains of Lepidoptera
Marec et al. 2005
Fluorescent red marker gene for transgenic Caribbean fruit flies
Nirmala et al. 2011
Production of spermless
An. gambiae
Thailavil et al. 2011
Transgenic flying vaccinator
An. stephensi
expresses a
Leishmania
vaccine candidate protein in salivary
glands; mice bitten by the mosquito raised antibodies
Yamamoto et al. 2010
Transgenic insects
Green fluorescent protein as a marker in
Ae. aegypti
Pinkerton et al. 2000
Block
Plasmodium
transmission in transgenic
Ae. aegypti
Kokoza et al. 2010
Relative fitness of
An. stephensi
lines and site-specific integration
Amenya et al. 2010
Two novel midgut-specific promoters for
An. stephensi
Nolan et al. 2011
Transformation of
Lucilia cuprina
and
L. sericata
germ line
Concha et al. 2011
Transformation of
Anastrepha ludens
Meza et al. 2011
Transformation of
Bactrocera tryoni
Raphael et al. 2011
Wolbachia
injected into mosquitoes
Wolbachia
induces resistance to dengue virus in
Ae. aegypti
Evans et al. 2009, Moreira et al.
2009a, Bian et al. 2010, Frentiu
et al. 2010, Hoffmann et al.
2011, Walker et al. 2011, Yeap
et al. 2011, Lu et al. 2012, Pan
et al. 2012
Wolbachia w
Mel blocks dengue in
Ae. albopictus
Blagrove et al. 2012
Wobachia w
MelPop inserted into
An. gambiae
Jin et al. 2009
Wobachia
reduces filarial competence in mosquitoes
Kambris et al. 2009
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