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GENETIC manipulation of insect pests1 is an attractive method of control because of its specificity. The numerous possible types of manipulations fit into two categories: (1) the release of sterile insects that affect only the succeeding generation and (2) the release of partially sterile or fully fertile insects that carry inherited factors which will affect several subsequent generations. The first category includes sterile males2, hybrid sterility and cytoplasmic incompatibility3. The second category includes chromosomal translocations, other gross chromosomal abnormalities, recessive lethal mutations, sex-limited lethal mutations, detrimental and conditional lethal mutations, and a combination of meiotic drive plus detrimental or lethal factors.
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WAGONER, D., JOHNSON, O. & NICKEL, C. Fertility Reduced in a Caged Native House Fly Strain by the Introduction of Strains bearing Heterozygous Chromosomal Translocations. Nature 234, 473–475 (1971). https://doi.org/10.1038/234473a0
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