Communications Biology (Mar 2022)

Transgenic expression of Nix converts genetic females into males and allows automated sex sorting in Aedes albopictus

  • Célia Lutrat,
  • Roenick P. Olmo,
  • Thierry Baldet,
  • Jérémy Bouyer,
  • Eric Marois

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s42003-022-03165-7
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 5, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Nix expression with a fluorescent marker in genetically female Ae. albopictus causes masculinization with minimal effects to reproductive fitness and flight performance.