Transgenic insects : techniques and applications /

Bibliographic Details
Other Authors:	Benedict, Mark Q. (Editor)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2014.
Series:	CABI biotechnology series ; 3.
Subjects:	Animals, Genetically Modified. Insecta > genetics. Insect Control. Genetic Engineering, Gene Transfer and Transgenics, (New June 2002) Genetics and Molecular Genetics (Wild Animals), (New March 2000) Molecular Biology and Molecular Genetics, (Discontinued March 2000, Reinstated and Revised June 2002) Other Control Measures. Plant Pests, (New March 2000) Public Health Pests, Vectors and Intermediate Hosts, (New March 2000) Biosafety. Disease vectors. Genetic control. Genetic engineering. Genetic improvement. Genetic transformation. Germ line. Insect control. Insect pests. Pest control. Phenotypes. Plant pests. Risk assessment. Transgenic animals. Electronic books.
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Table of Contents:

Transposons for Insect Transformation / David A. O'Brochta, Kasim George and Hanfu Xu
Transposon-Based Technologies for Insects / David A. O'Brochta, Kasim George and Hanfu Xu
Sex-, Tissue- and Stage-Specific Transgene Expression / Andrew Marc Hammond and Tony Nolan
Docking Systems for Site-Directed Transgene Integration / Paul Eggleston and Janet M. Meredith
Inducible and Repressible Systems for Transgene Expression / Rosemary S. Lees, Rocco D'Amato and Mark Q. Benedict
Sex Ratio Manipulation for Insect Population Control / Philippos A. Papathanos, Nikolai Windbichler and Omar S. Akbari
Conditional Dominant Lethals - RIDL / Luke Alphey, Martha Koukidou and Neil I. Morrison
Tephritid Fruit Fly Transgenesis and Applications / Alfred M. Handler and Marc F. Schetelig
Silkworm Transgenesis and Applications / Hideki Sezutsu and Toshiki Tamura
Transgenic Approaches for Sterile Insect Control of Dipteran Livestock Pests and Lepidopteran Crop Pests / Maxwell J. Scott, Neil I. Morrison and Gregory S. Simmons
Antipathogen Effector Molecules : Current and Future Strategies / Michael A. Riehle and Shirley Luckhart
Sexual Sterilization of Mosquitoes / Paolo Gabrieli, Eric Marois and Flaminia Catteruccia
Paratransgenesis in Mosquitoes and Other Insects : Microbial Ecology and Bacterial Genetic Considerations / David J. Lampe and Nicholas J. Bongio
Asaia Paratransgenesis in Mosquitoes / Guido Favia
Paratransgenic Control of Chagas Disease / Ivy Hurwitz, Nicole Klein, Adam P. Forshaw and Ravi V. Durvasula
Tsetse Paratransgenesis : a Novel Strategy for Reducing the Spread of African Trypanosomiasis / Brian L. Weiss and Serap Aksoy
RIDL : Modelling Release of Insects Carrying a Dominant Lethal / Nina Alphey and Michael B. Bonsall
Assessing Risk of Transgenic Insects / M.M. Quinlan
Economics of Transgenic Insects for Field Release / John D. Mumford and L. Roman Carrasco
Risk Analysis and the Regulation of Transgenic Insects / Camilla Beech and Tom Miller
Public Acceptability of New Insect Vector Control Technologies / Katherine F. King, Pamela Kolopack, Lara Zahabi-Bekdash and James V. Lavery
The Cartagena Protocol on the Transboundary Movement of Living Modified Organisms : The Regulation of Trade in Transgenic Organisms under International and European Environmental Law / Ricardo Pereira.