A drug-inducible sex-separation technique for insects

Nikolay P. Kandul; Junru Liu; Alexander D. Hsu; Bruce A. Hay; Omar S. Akbari

doi:10.1038/s41467-020-16020-2

Nature Communications (Apr 2020)

A drug-inducible sex-separation technique for insects

Nikolay P. Kandul,
Junru Liu,
Alexander D. Hsu,
Bruce A. Hay,
Omar S. Akbari

Affiliations

Nikolay P. Kandul: Division of Biological Sciences, Section of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California, San Diego
Junru Liu: Division of Biological Sciences, Section of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California, San Diego
Alexander D. Hsu: Division of Biology and Biological Engineering, MC 156-29, California Institute of Technology
Bruce A. Hay: Division of Biology and Biological Engineering, MC 156-29, California Institute of Technology
Omar S. Akbari: Division of Biological Sciences, Section of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California, San Diego

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-020-16020-2
Journal volume & issue: Vol. 11, no. 1
pp. 1 – 10

Abstract

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Sorting insects based on sex is error prone and frequently labour intensive. Here, the authors present a drug-inducible sex separation system based on sex-specific rescue from antibotic toxicity.

Published in Nature Communications

ISSN: 2041-1723 (Online)
Publisher: Nature Portfolio
Country of publisher: United Kingdom
LCC subjects: Science
Website: https://www.nature.com/ncomms/

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