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Delivery of Nucleic Acids through Embryo Microinjection in the Worldwide Agricultural Pest Insect, Ceratitis capitata
Published on: October 1, 2016
INSECT FERTILITY: INHIBITION BY FOLIC ACID DERIVATIVES
Abstract:
Folic acid antagonists inhibited oviposition by screw-worm flies [Cochliomyia hominivorax (Coquerel); Diptera: Calliphoridae]. Fertility was unaltered when sufficient folic acid was administered simultaneously, or it was partly restored spontaneously about 2 weeks after treatment. Folic acid antagonists principally affected only maturing eggs at any age, rather than those already matured.
Keywords:
AMINOPTERINEXPERIMENTAL LAB STUDYFERTILITYFOLIC ACIDFOLIC ACID ANTAGONISTSINSECTSMETHOTREXATEPHARMACOLOGYMore Related Videos
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