Efficient sex separation by exploiting differential alternative splicing of a dominant marker in Aedes aegypti.

Only female mosquitoes consume blood giving them the opportunity to transmit deadly human pathogens. Therefore, it is critical to remove females before conducting releases for genetic biocontrol interventions. Here we describe a robust sex-sorting approach termed SEPARATOR (Sexing Element Produced b...

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Main Authors: Shih-Che Weng, Igor Antoshechkin, Eric Marois, Omar S Akbari
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2023-11-01
Series:PLoS Genetics
Online Access:https://journals.plos.org/plosgenetics/article/file?id=10.1371/journal.pgen.1011065&type=printable