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SUBMITTER: Koskinioti P
PROVIDER: S-EPMC7776939 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Feb
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Koskinioti Panagiota P Augustinos Antonios A AA Carvalho Danilo O DO Misbah-Ul-Haq Muhammad M Pillwax Gulizar G de la Fuente Lucia Duran LD Salvador-Herranz Gustavo G Herrero Rafael Argilés RA Bourtzis Kostas K
Philosophical transactions of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Biological sciences 20201228 1818
<i>Aedes aegypti</i> is the primary vector of arthropod-borne viruses including dengue, chikungunya and Zika. Vector population control methods are reviving to impede disease transmission. An efficient sex separation for male-only releases is crucial for area-wide mosquito population suppression strategies. Here, we report on the construction of two genetic sexing strains using red- and white-eye colour mutations as selectable markers. Quality control analysis showed that the Red-eye genetic sex ...[more]