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Genetic elimination of field-cage populations of Mediterranean fruit flies [PDF]

, 2014
The Mediterranean fruit fly (medfly, Ceratitis capitata Wiedemann) is a pest of over 300 fruits, vegetables and nuts. The sterile insect technique (SIT) is a control measure used to reduce the reproductive potential of populations through the mass ...
Alphey, Luke, Chapman, Tracey, Economopolous, Aris, Economopoulos, A., Gong, Hong-Fei, Koukidou, Martha, Leftwich, Philip T., Rempoulakis, Polychronis, Vontas, John, Zacharapolou, Antigoni, Zacharopoulou, A.   +10 more
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Embedded CRISPRi Enhances Gene‐Silencing Efficiency in Drosophila

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Current CRISPR interference (CRISPRi) technology in Drosophila has limited efficiency. This study introduces the emCRISPRi platform, which significantly enhances transcriptional silencing efficacy by embedding inhibitory domains within the dCas9 architecture.
Pengchong Fu, Xuedi Zhang, Ying Zhou, Jie Zheng, Angyang Sun, Kailong Zhuang, Weiwei Bao, Guanjun Gao   +7 more
wiley   +1 more source

Interaction between workers during a short time window is required for bacterial symbiont transmission in Acromyrmex leaf-cutting ants. [PDF]

PLoS ONE, 2014
Stable associations between partners over time are critical for the evolution of mutualism. Hosts employ a variety of mechanisms to maintain specificity with bacterial associates.
Sarah E Marsh, Michael Poulsen, Adrián Pinto-Tomás, Cameron R Currie   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Pleiotropic and Novel Phenotypes in The \u3cem\u3eDrosophila\u3c/em\u3e Gut Caused by Mutation of \u3cem\u3eDrop-Dead\u3c/em\u3e [PDF]

, 2018
Normal gut function is vital for animal survival, and deviations from such function can contribute to malnutrition, inflammation, increased susceptibility to pathogens, diabetes, neurodegenerative diseases, and cancer.
Benske, Anika, Billen, Johan, Blumenthal, Edward M., Conway, Sean, Kentala, Kaitlin, Sansone, Christine Lynn, Vanden Broeck, Jozef   +6 more
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Intracellular Aβ42 Sequestration by a Serine Protease Mitigates Neurotoxicity in a Drosophila Alzheimer's Disease Model

Advanced Science, EarlyView.
Emerging evidence suggests that intraneuronal Aβ accumulation represents an early pathogenic event in Alzheimer's disease (AD). Using Drosophila AD model, this study shows that a nonsecreted serine protease Yip7 physically interacts with Aβ. This causes intraneuronal Aβ accumulation but surprisingly reduces the associated neurotoxicity, arguing that ...
Jingyun Su, Meng Yang, Xinfeng Wang, Pa Wu, Zongzhao Zhai   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

New sanitation techniques for controlling tephritid fruit flies (Diptera: tephritidae) in Hawaii

Journal of Applied Sciences and Environmental Management, 2005
New approaches to sanitation in a cropping system susceptible to tephritid fruit flies (Diptera tephritidae) in Hawaii have been investigated. Six trials were conducted in tent-like structures to demonstrate that melon fly larvae (Bacrocera cucurbitae ...
LM Klungness, Eric B Jang, Ronald FL Mau, Roger I Vargas, Jari S Sugano, Earl Fujitani   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Pink1 and Parkin regulate Drosophila intestinal stem cell proliferation during stress and aging. [PDF]

, 2017
Intestinal stem cells (ISCs) maintain the midgut epithelium in Drosophila melanogaster Proper cellular turnover and tissue function rely on tightly regulated rates of ISC division and appropriate differentiation of daughter cells.
Abramov, Amcheslavsky, Amcheslavsky, Amcheslavsky, Benard, Biteau, Biteau, Biteau, Buchon, Buchon, Buchon, Christopher L. Koehler, Clark, Clarkson, Coppé, Correia-Melo, D. Leanne Jones, Deng, Greene, Guo, Guy A. Perkins, Hackenbrock, Han, Henchcliffe, Hochmuth, Hur, Jiang, Jiang, Jones, Kashatus, Lee, Lee, Li, Liu, Maeda, Marianes, Mark H. Ellisman, McGuire, Micchelli, Myant, Nakamura, Nicholson, Ohlstein, Ohlstein, Osterwalder, O’Brien, Park, Passos, Poole, Poole, Rana, Rera, Resende, Resnik-Docampo, Roman, Springer, Sykiotis, Takashima, Tian, Twig, Wang, Wang, Wei, Westermann, Yang, Youle, Zeng, Zeng, Zhu   +68 more
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Pss knockdown in the midgut causes growth retardation in Drosophila similar to that in human LMHD

Developmental Dynamics, EarlyView.
Abstract Background Phosphatidylserine synthase (PSS), localized in the mitochondrial membrane, synthesizes phosphatidylserine. In humans, mutations in Pss lead to Lenz–Majewski hyperostotic dwarfism, a disorder affecting growth and development. The effects of Pss mutations on the growth of Drosophila melanogaster are not fully known. Hence, this study
Kwan‐Young Kim, You‐Lim Hwang, Sunwoo Yeom, Seung‐Hae Kwon, Sang‐Hak Jeon   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Study on the Growth Performance of the Hybrid Progeny Black Soldier Fly Derived from Wuhan Strain×Bioforte Strain

Guangdong nongye kexue, 2023
【Objective】In order to study whether hybrids of the black soldier fly (Hermetia illucens L.) have growth advantages, the hybrid progeny of Wuhan strain and Bioforte strain and the difference of growth performance between Wuhan strain and Bioforte strain ...
Chengjie QIN, Bin HU, Canquan YE, Jianfeng ZHU, Xueling LI, Ling TIAN, Zhijun HUANG, Wenfeng HU   +7 more
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Location and Condition of Whitemarked Tussock Moth (Lepidoptera: Lymantriidae) Cocoons in a Michigan Black Walnut Plantation [PDF]

, 2017
Whitemarked tussock moth, Orgyia leucostigma, cocoons were monitored in a black walnut, Juglans nigra, plantation in Michigan from 1978 to 1981. Larvae spun cocoons on the exposed bark of the bole (29.6070), in crevices on the bole formed by pruning ...
Wilson, Louis F
core   +3 more sources