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BIOENGINEERING OF INSECT GENOMES AND RELATED APPLICATIONS IN MANAGEMENT OF INSECT POPULATIONS

Objective

To clone the maternal selfish gene Medea-4 (M4) and its associated incompatibility factor H, and to develop methods for gene replacement based on homologous recombination that will facilitate the discovery of mechanisms of selfish gene behavior.

Investigators
Throne J E
Institution
Kansas State University
Start date
2009
End date
2012
Funding Source
Agricultural Research Service
Project number
5430-43000-032-05S
Accession number
417994
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