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A universal marker for transgenic insects

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  • Andreas J. Berghammer

    (Zoologisches Institut, Universität München)

  • Martin Klingler

    (Zoologisches Institut, Universität München)

  • Ernst A. Wimmer

    (Lehrstuhl für Genetik, Universität Bayreuth)

Abstract

Genetic manipulation of insects and other arthropods may enable better control strategies to be developed against agricultural pests and disease vectors. Transposon-based transformation techniques have been implemented in Drosophila1 and other insects2 such as medflies3,4 and mosquitoes5,6. A major obstacle in the use of these transposons, however, has been the difficulty in obtaining marker genes that will allow easy and reliable identification of transgenic animals. Here we describe a marker system that is suitable for following gene transfer in most arthropods and in many other phyla.

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  • Andreas J. Berghammer & Martin Klingler & Ernst A. Wimmer, 1999. "A universal marker for transgenic insects," Nature, Nature, vol. 402(6760), pages 370-371, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:402:y:1999:i:6760:d:10.1038_46463
    DOI: 10.1038/46463
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    1. Daniella An Haber & Yael Arien & Lee Benjamin Lamdan & Yehonathan Alcalay & Chen Zecharia & Flavia Krsticevic & Elad Shmuel Yonah & Rotem Daniel Avraham & Elzbieta Krzywinska & Jaroslaw Krzywinski & E, 2024. "Targeting mosquito X-chromosomes reveals complex transmission dynamics of sex ratio distorting gene drives," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 15(1), pages 1-12, December.

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