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An Inexpensive and Effective Larval Diet for Anopheles arabiensis (Diptera: Culicidae): Eat Like a Horse, a Bird, or a Fish? by Damiens, D., Benedict, M. Q., Wille, M., Gilles, J.R.L.

“…A successful sterile insect technique program depends upon mass production of goodquality sterile insects for release into a target area. Specifically, to…”
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A New Larval Tray and Rack System for Improved Mosquito Mass Rearing by Balestrino, F., Benedict, M. Q., Gilles, J.R.L.

“…The requirement for efficient mosquito mass rearing technology has been one of the major obstacles preventing the large scale application of the Sterile Insect…”
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Density-Dependent Effects in Experimental Larval Populations of Anopheles arabiensis (Diptera: Culicidae) Can be Negative, Neutral, or Overcompensatory Depending on Density and Diet Levels by Gilles, J.R.L., Lees, R. S., Soliban, S. M., Benedict, M. Q.

“…Anopheles arabiensis Patton (Diptera: Culicidae) larvae were reared from hatching to the adult stage in the laboratory under a range of diet and larval…”
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Germline transformation of the malaria vector, Anopheles gambiae, with the piggyBac transposable element by Grossman, G. L, Rafferty, C. S, Clayton, J. R, Stevens, T. K, Mukabayire, O, Benedict, M. Q

“…Germline transformation of the major African malaria vector, Anopheles gambiae, was achieved using the piggyBac transposable element marked with the enhanced…”
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Independent mutations in the Rdl locus confer dieldrin resistance to Anopheles gambiae and An. arabiensis by Du, W, Awolola, T.S, Howell, P, Koekemoer, L.L, Brooke, B.D, Benedict, M.Q, Coetzee, M, Zheng, L

“…Substitutions of a conserved alanine residue in the Rdl locus coding for a γ‐aminobutyric acid (GABA) receptor subunit with serine or glycine confer resistance…”
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Comparisons of Life-History Characteristics of a Genetic Sexing Strain with Laboratory Strains of Anopheles arabiensis (Diptera: Culicidae) from Northern Sudan by Oliva, C. F., Benedict, M. Q., Soliban, S. M., Lemperiere, G., Balestrino, F., Gilles, J.R.L.

“…A genetic sex separation strain (GSS) has been created for Anopheles arabiensis (Patton) (Diptera: Culicidae), one of the major African malaria vectors, for…”
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Mating Competitiveness of Anopheles arabiensis Males as a Function of Transgenic State and Genetic Similarity to Females by Howell, P. I, Benedict, M. Q

“…We conducted mating competitions between wild-type and heterozygous transgenic Anopheles arabiensis males that were produced by repeated backcrosses of a…”
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Effective Larval Foraging in Large, Low-Diet Environments by Anopheles gambiae by Sutcliffe, A. C., Benedict, M. Q.

“…Adult mosquito size is constrained by conditions experienced in the larval stage including the amount and quality of diet. The energy expended collecting diet…”
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An integrated genetic map of the African human Malaria vector mosquito, Anopheles gambiae by Zheng, L, Benedict, M. Q, Cornel, A. J, Collins, F. H, Kafatos, F. C

“…We present a genetic map based on microsatellite polymorphisms for the African human malaria vector, Anopheles gambiae. Polymorphisms in laboratory strains…”
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Can there be a common, risk-based framework for decisions around live insect trade? by Quinlan, M M, Mumford, J D, Benedict, M Q, Wäckers, F, Oliva, C F, Wohlfarter, M, Smagghe, G, Vila, E, Klapwijk, J, Michaelakis, A, Collins, C M, Prudhomme, J, Torres, G, Diaz, F, Saul-Gershenz, L, Cook, K, Verghese, A, Sreerama Kumar, P

“…A network of scientists involved in shipment of live insects has met and generated a series of articles on issues related to live insect transport. The network…”
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Infertility resulting from transgenic I-PpoI male Anopheles gambiae in large cage trials by Klein, T A, Windbichler, N, Deredec, A, Burt, A, Benedict, M Q

“…Objectives: Anopheles gambiae is the primary vector of malaria in sub-Saharan Africa and is a potential target of genetic control programs. We determined the…”
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The first releases of transgenic mosquitoes: an argument for the sterile insect technique by Benedict, Mark Q., Robinson, Alan S.

“…Potential applications for reducing transmission of mosquito-borne diseases by releasing genetically modified mosquitoes have been proposed, and mosquitoes are…”
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Cloning and characterization of the white gene from Anopheles gambiae by Besansky, N J, Bedell, J A, Benedict, M Q, Mukabayire, O, Hilfiker, D, Collins, F H

“…A 14 kb region of genomic DNA containing the X-linked Anopheles gambiae eye colour gene, white, was cloned and sequenced. Genomic clones containing distinct…”
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Infertility resulting from transgenic I-Ppol male Anopheles gambiae in large cage trials by KLEIN, T. A, WINDBICHIER, N, DEREDEC, A, BURT, A, BENEDICT, M. Q

“…Objectives: Anopheles gambiae is the primary vector of malaria in sub-Saharan Africa and is a potential target of genetic control programs. We determined the…”
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Geographic and ecologic distributions of the Anopheles gambiae complex predicted using a genetic algorithm by Levine, Rebecca S, Peterson, A Townsend, Benedict, Mark Q

“…The distribution of the Anopheles gambiae complex of malaria vectors in Africa is uncertain due to under-sampling of vast regions. We use ecologic niche…”
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Sex separation of tsetse fly pupae using near-infrared spectroscopy by Dowell, F E, Parker, A G, Benedict, M Q, Robinson, A S, Broce, A B, Wirtz, R A

“…Implementation of the sterile insect technique for tsetse (Glossina spp.) requires that only sterile male insects be released; thus, at some stage of the fly…”
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X and Y chromosome inheritance and mixtures of rDNA intergenic spacer regions in Anopheles gambiae by Wilkins, E.E, Howell, P.I, Benedict, M.Q

“…We observed Anopheles gambiae sensu stricto stocks that contained both Mopti (M) and Savanna (S) rDNA intergenic spacers (IGS). ASEMBO1 male IGS sequences…”
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Stable transformation of the yellow fever mosquito, Aedes aegypti, with the Hermes element from the housefly by Jasinskiene, N. (University of California, Irvine.), Coates, C.J, Benedict, M.Q, Cornel, A.J, Rafferty, C.S, James, A.A, Collins, F.H

“…The mosquito Aedes aegypti is the world's most important vector of yellow fever and dengue viruses. Work is currently in progress to control the transmission…”
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A new marker, black, a useful recombination suppressor, In(2)2, and a balanced lethal for chromosome 2 of the mosquito Anopheles gambiae by Benedict, M Q, McNitt, L M, Cornel, A J, Collins, F H

“…A new marker for the second chromosome of Anopheles gambiae, black, was isolated from progeny of 60Co-irradiated mosquitoes. The black mutation increases…”
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Eye pigments in wild-type and eye-color mutant strains of the African malaria vector Anopheles gambiae by Beard, C B, Benedict, M Q, Primus, J P, Finnerty, V, Collins, F H

“…Chromatographic analysis of pigments extracted from wild-type eyes of the mosquito Anopheles gambiae reveals the presence of the ommatin precursor…”
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