Transgenic insects : techniques and applications /

• Other Authors: Benedict, Mark Q., (Editor)
• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK : CABI, 2014.
• Series: CABI biotechnology series ; 3.
• Subjects: Animals, Genetically Modified.; Insects > genetics.; Insect Control.; Plant Pests, (New March 2000); Other Control Measures.; Public Health Pests, Vectors and Intermediate Hosts, (New March 2000); Genetic Engineering, Gene Transfer and Transgenics, (New June 2002); Genetics and Molecular Genetics (Wild Animals), (New March 2000); Molecular Biology and Molecular Genetics, (Discontinued March 2000, Reinstated and Revised June 2002); Biosafety.; Disease vectors.; Genetic control.; Genetic engineering.; Genetic improvement.; Genetic transformation.; Germ line.; Insect control.; Insect pests.; Pest control.; Phenotypes.; Plant pests.; Risk assessment.; Transgenic animals.
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• Physical Description: 1 online resource (xxii, 375 pages, 4 pages of plates) : illustrations, charts.; Also available in print format.
• Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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This book, which is divided into four parts, describes the advances in insect transgenesis. Part 1 deals with germline transformation technology while part 2 focuses on the application of transgenic insects, including plant insect pests and insect vectors (such as mosquitoes). Part 3 shows alternative transgenic approaches to modifying insect phenotypes and part 4 discusses considerations for the release of transgenic insects, including biosafety risk assessment.