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SUBMITTER: Tkachuk A
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3195726 | biostudies-literature | 2011
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Tkachuk Artem A Kim Maria M Kravchuk Oksana O Savitsky Mikhail M
PloS one 20111017 10
Transgenic insects are a promising tool in sterile insect techniques and population replacement strategies. Such transgenic insects can be created using nonautonomous transposons, which cannot be transferred without a transposase source. In biocontrol procedures where large numbers of insects are released, there is increased risk of transgene remobilization caused by external transposase sources that can alter the characteristics of the transgenic organisms lead horizontal transgene transfer to ...[more]