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A genetic sexing system to improve the sterile insect technique against the Mediterranean fruit fly
1Department of Entomology, University of Hawaii, Honolulu 96822.
The Journal of Heredity
|January 1, 1990
Abstract:
The autosomal recessive allele v wing (v) in the Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata (Wiedemann), produces flies that when reared at 30 degrees C have stubby wings. The mutant was used to construct a translocation-based genetic sexing system in an attempt to improve the efficiency and effectiveness of the sterile insect release method for field control.