Stable genetic transformation of a beneficial arthropod, Metaseiulus occidentalis (Acari: Phytoseiidae), by a microinjection technique

Authors :: Presnail, James K.
Hoy, Marjorie A.
Source :: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States. August 15, 1992, Vol. 89 Issue 16, p7732, 5 p.
Publication Year :: 1992
Abstract: Metaseiulus occidentalis was transformed using a newly developed microinjection technique which utilizes the microinjection of early preblastoderm eggs within gravid females. Maternal injection was administered through the cuticle of gravid females into the egg or in the tissue immediately surrounding the egg. Transformation occurred in the sixth generation and the technique was found to show high levels of survival and transformation.

Subjects :: Genetic engineering -- Evaluation
Arthropoda -- Research
Mites -- Genetic aspects
Injections -- Methods
Science and technology

ISSN :: 00278424
Volume :: 89
Issue :: 16
Database :: Gale General OneFile
Journal :: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States
Publication Type :: Academic Journal
Accession number :: edsgcl.14312516

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