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Pest fruit fly (Diptera: Tephritidae) in northwestern Australia: one species or two? by Cameron, E C, Sved, J A, Gilchrist, A S

“…Since 1985, a new and serious fruit fly pest has been reported in northwestern Australia. It has been unclear whether this pest was the supposedly benign…”
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Using variation in wing shape to distinguish between wild and mass-reared individuals of Queensland fruit fly, Bactrocera tryoni by Gilchrist, A.S, Crisafulli, D.C.A

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Heritability of pre-adult viability differences can explain apparent heritability of sperm displacement ability in Drosophila melanogaster by Gilchrist, A. S., Partridge, L.

“…D. melanogaster…”
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Using DNA markers and isotope marking to test the effectiveness of fluorescent dust marking during a sterile insect technique program targeting Bactrocera tryoni (Diptera: Tephritidae) in Australia by Gilchrist, A.S., Dominiak, B.C.

“…Fluorescent dust marking is widely used in tephritid sterile insect programs to differentiate mass reared sterile individuals from the wild individuals. While…”
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Male identity and sperm displacement in Drosophila melanogaster by Gilchrist, A.S., Partridge, L.

“…In Drosophila melanogaster, most of the sperm stored in a female is often displaced by the sperm from a subsequent mating. The exact mechanism of sperm…”
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An evaluation of outcrossing to improve mass-reared strains of the Queensland fruit fly Bactrocera tryoni by Gilchrist, A.S., Meats, A.W.

“…Outcrossing to wild or unrelated strains has been proposed as a counter to the negative effects of adaptation by domesticated animals to captive-breeding…”
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WHY IT IS DIFFICULT TO MODEL SPERM DISPLACEMENT IN DROSOPHILA MELANOGASTER: THE RELATION BETWEEN SPERM TRANSFER AND COPULATION DURATION by Gilchrist, A. S, Partridge, L

“…We have investigated the effects of experimental manipulation of copulation duration on sperm displacement in Drosophila melanogaster. Both spermless and…”
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comparison of the genetic basis of wing size divergence in three parallel body size clines of Drosophila melanogaster by Gilchrist, A.S, Partridge, L

“…Body size clines in Drosophila melanogaster have been documented in both Australia and South America, and may exist in Southern Africa. We crossed flies from…”
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Bacteria as food had no effect on fecundity during domestication of the fruit fly, Bactrocera tryoni by Meats, A, Streamer, K, Gilchrist, A.S

“…Adult Bactrocera tryoni from different generations of domestication were given various diets to determine whether either or both the bacteria Klebsiella…”
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Interspecific Hybridization as a Source of Novel Genetic Markers for the Sterile Insect Technique in Bactrocera tryoni (Diptera: Tephritidae) by Shearman, D.C.A, Frommer, M, Morrow, J. L, Raphael, K. A, Gilchrist, A. S

“…Bactrocera tryoni (Froggatt) (Diptera: Tephritidae) or “Qfly,” is the most serious horticultural pest in Australia, with a bioclimatic range that extends from…”
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Genetic delineation of sibling species of the pest fruit fly Bactocera (Diptera: Tephritidae) using microsatellites by Gilchrist, A S, Wang, Y, Yu, H, Raphael, K, Gilchrist, A S

“…Using a large set of microsatellites, the genetic relationships between three closely related Australian fruit fly species, Bactrocera tryoni (Froggatt), B…”
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Microsatellite markers for the pest fruit fly, Bactrocera papayae (Diptera: Tephritidae) and other Bactrocera species by Shearman, D.C.A, Gilchrist, A.S, Crisafulli, D, Graham, G, Lange, C, Frommer, M

“…The dorsalis complex contains some of the most economically important fruit fly pests of the Asia-Pacific regions, including Bactrocera dorsalis, Bactrocera…”
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High levels of recombination induced by homologous P elements in Drosophila melanogaster by Sved, J A, Blackman, L M, Gilchrist, A S, Engels, W R

“…P element transposons in Drosophila melanogaster are capable of mobilizing incomplete P elements elsewhere in the genome, and of inducing recombination. This…”
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