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GENETIC INSECT CONTROL: CHROMOSOME REARRANGEMENTS ISOLATED USING A SIMPLE SYSTEM IN THE ONION MAGGOT, HYLEMYA ANTIQUA (DIPTERA: ANTHOMYIIDAE)1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 May 2012

J.A. Keith Reid  and
F.L. McEwen
J.A. Keith Reid
Affiliation:
Department of Environmental Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1
F.L. McEwen
Affiliation:
Department of Environmental Biology, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario N1G 2W1
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Abstract

A method for the direct isolation of useful genetic strains was shown effective in the onion maggot. This method circumvents the extensive preliminary investigations called for by current concepts in genetic population control. From genomes treated with 1.5 kr of gamma radiation, the system showed that 17% of those tested carried chromosomal rearrangements potentially useful in genetic population reduction.

Résumé

On a réussi à démontrer l’efficacité d’une méthode pour isoler directement les lignées utiles de la mouche de l’oignon. Avec cette méthode on n’a pas besoin d’études préliminaires détaillées comme le suggèrent les théories actuelles de lutte basées sur la génétique des populations. A partir de génomes traités par irradiation gamma à 1.5. Kr, on a pu obtenir 17% des individus observés qui portaient des réarrangements chromosomiques potentiellement utilisables dans des études génétiques de réduction de population.

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The Canadian Entomologist , Volume 109 , Issue 9 , September 1977 , pp. 1287 - 1291
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Copyright © Entomological Society of Canada 1977

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