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Part 1: Germline Transformation Technology |
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1 Transposons for Insect Transformation |
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1.1 Transposable Elements |
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1.3 Transposons with Activity in Insects |
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2 Transposon-Based Technologies for Insects |
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2.1 Transposon-Based Technologies |
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2.3 Germ-Line Transformation |
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2.4 Modular Expression Systems |
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2.5 Cell/Genetic Ablation |
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2.6 Transgene Mis-expression |
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2.7 Transgenic Gene Silencing |
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2.8 Site-Specific Recombination |
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2.9.1 Enhancer sensors/traps |
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2.9.3 Promoter sensors/traps |
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2.9.4 Protein sensors/traps |
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3 Sex-, Tissue- and Stage-Specific Transgene Expression |
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3.2 Gene Regulation in Insects |
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3.3 The Basic Genetic Construct |
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3.4 Controlling for Position Effects |
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3.5 General Considerations for Promoter Choice |
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3.6 Sex-Specific Transgene Expression |
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33 | (6) |
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3.7 Tissue-Specific Expression |
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3.8 Stage-Specific Expression |
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41 | (1) |
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3.10 Applications of Sex-, Tissue- and Stage-Specific Transgene Expression |
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43 | (1) |
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4 Docking Systems for Site-Directed Transgene Integration |
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51 | (15) |
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4.1 Background and Introduction |
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51 | (4) |
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4.2 Site-Specific Transgenesis - Generation of Phase 1 Docking Strains |
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55 | (4) |
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4.2.2 Collection of embryos |
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4.2.3 Needles and nucleic acids for microinjection |
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4.2.4 Microinjection of phase 1 plasmid constructs |
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4.2.5 Recovery of injected embryos |
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4.2.6 Go backcross strategies |
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4.2.7 Establishing transgenic populations |
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4.2.8 Characterization of phase 1 docking strains |
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4.3 Site-Specific Transgenesis - Generation of Phase 2 Integrations |
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4.4 Recombinase-Mediated Cassette Exchange |
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4.5 Future Developments in the Use of Docking Systems |
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61 | (1) |
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4.6 Docking Systems Combined with Transposon Stabilization Strategies |
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4.7 Integration of Large, Complex Transgene Constructs |
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4.8 Construction of Complex Transgenes by Sequential Use of Integrases |
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63 | (1) |
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5 Inducible and Repressible Systems for Transgene Expression |
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66 | (17) |
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66 | (1) |
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5.2 Naturally Occurring Systems of Conditional Expression |
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67 | (4) |
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5.2.4 lac inducible systems |
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5.3.1 Tetracycline-mediated expression |
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5.3.5 Use of Cre/loxP recombination |
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6 Sex Ratio Manipulation for Insect Population Control |
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83 | (18) |
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6.2 Overview of Applications and General Principles |
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84 | (1) |
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6.4 Sex-Specific Lethality |
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90 | (3) |
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6.5 Manipulation of Sex Determination Mechanisms |
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93 | (2) |
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95 | (1) |
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7 Conditional Dominant Lethals - RIDL |
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7.1 Re-engineering the Sterile Insect Technique |
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7.2 Sterile Insects and Genetic Control |
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102 | (1) |
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7.3.1 Genetic sterilization |
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7.3.3 Combining genetic sexing and genetic sterilization - fsRIDL |
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7.4 Integrated Pest Management |
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7.5 Resistance Management |
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7.12 Field Experience and Future Prospects |
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110 | (1) |
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Part 2: Applications Of Transgenic Insects |
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8 Tephritid Fruit Fly Transgenesis and Applications |
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117 | (21) |
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117 | (1) |
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8.2 Transformation with the Minos Vector System |
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8.2.1 Minos transformation of the Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata |
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118 | (1) |
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8.2.2 Minos transformation of the olive fruit fly, Bactrocera oleae |
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118 | (1) |
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8.3 Transformation with the piggyBac Vector System |
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119 | (4) |
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8.3.1 piggyBac transformation of the Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata |
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119 | (1) |
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8.3.2 piggyBac transformation of the Oriental fruit fly, Bactrocera dorsalis |
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8.3.3 piggyBac transformation of the Caribbean fruit fly, Anastrepha suspensa |
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8.3.4 piggyBac transformation of the Mexican fruit fly, Anastrepha ludens |
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121 | (1) |
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8.3.5 piggyBac transformation of the Queensland fruit fly, Bactrocera tryoni |
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122 | (1) |
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8.3.6 piggyBac transformation of the olive fruit fly, Bactrocera oleae |
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123 | (1) |
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8.4 Transformation with the Hermes Vector System |
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8.4.1 Hermes transformation of the Mediterranean fruit fly, Ceratitis capitata |
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8.5 Marker Systems for Transformant Organismal and Tissue Detection in Tephritid Flies |
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124 | (3) |
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8.5.1 Transformant marking systems |
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8.5.2 Spermatocyte-specific transgene marking |
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126 | (1) |
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8.5.3 Y-linked vector integrations for male-specific marking |
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8.6 Post-integration Stabilization of Transposon Vectors in Tephritid Flies |
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127 | (2) |
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8.6.1 Vector stabilization by post-integration deletion of a single terminal sequence |
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128 | (1) |
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8.6.2 Vector stabilization by deletion of both terminal sequences |
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8.7 Site-Specific Genomic Targeting in Tephritids |
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129 | (1) |
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8.7.1 Recombinase-mediated cassette exchange |
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8.7.2 sa3C31-mediated recombination |
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130 | (1) |
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8.8 Transgenic Strains for Improved Population Control of Tephritids |
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8.8.1 Conditional lethality using a dominant temperature-sensitive mutation |
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131 | (1) |
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8.8.2 Conditional lethality using a tetracycline-suppressible (Tet-Off) lethal system |
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131 | (1) |
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8.8.3 The release of insects carrying a dominant lethal (RIDL) system |
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132 | (1) |
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8.8.4 Conditional embryonic lethality using a Tet-Off lethal system |
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132 | (1) |
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133 | (1) |
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9 Silkworm Transgenesis and Applications |
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138 | (14) |
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138 | (1) |
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9.2 Generation of Transgenic Silkworms |
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138 | (3) |
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9.3 Application of Transgenic Silkworms to Gene Function Analyses |
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141 | (1) |
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9.4 Production of Recombinant Proteins for Pharmaceutical Use |
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142 | (3) |
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9.5 Construction of Modified Silk and its Possible Use as a Biomaterial |
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145 | (1) |
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146 | (1) |
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147 | (1) |
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148 | (4) |
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10 Transgenic Approaches for Sterile Insect Control of Dipteran Livestock Pests and Lepidopteran Crop Pests |
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152 | (16) |
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10.1 A Brief History of Using the Sterile Insect Technique for Controlling Populations of Agricultural Pests |
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152 | (3) |
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10.2 Enhancing the Sterile Insect Technique Through Transgenic Technologies: an Overview |
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155 | (2) |
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10.2.1 Transgenic technologies provide a means for reliably marking released insects |
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155 | (1) |
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10.2.2 Molecular genetic systems for making male-only strains |
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156 | (1) |
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10.3 Enhancing the Sterile Insect Technique Through Transgenic Technologies: New World Screwworm and the Australian Sheep Blowfly |
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157 | (2) |
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10.3.1 Germline transformation of C. hominivorax and L. cuprina |
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157 | (1) |
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10.3.2 Development of male-only strains of C. hominivorax and L. cuprina |
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158 | (1) |
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10.4 Enhancing the Sterile Insect Technique Through Transgenic Technologies: Lepidoptera |
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159 | (2) |
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10.4.2 Transgenic genetic sexing strains |
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160 | (1) |
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161 | (1) |
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161 | (2) |
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163 | (5) |
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11 Antipathogen Effector Molecules: Current and Future Strategies |
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168 | (20) |
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168 | (1) |
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11.2.1 Endogenous antimicrobial peptides |
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11.2.2 Exogenous and synthetic antimicrobial peptides |
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172 | (2) |
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11.2.3 Single chain antibodies as antimalaria parasite effector molecules |
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174 | (1) |
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11.2.4 Other antimalaria parasite effector molecules |
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175 | (1) |
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11.2.5 Use of RNAi effector molecules to block pathogen transmission |
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175 | (1) |
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11.2.6 Summary of exogenous effector molecules |
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176 | (1) |
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11.3 Manipulating Mosquito Physiology: Insulin Signalling as a Case Study for Modifying Immunity, Lifespan and Reproduction |
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176 | (5) |
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11.3.1 The insect midgut as an attractive target tissue for physiological manipulations |
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177 | (1) |
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11.3.2 Insulin signalling mediates autophagy and mitochondria biogenesis |
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178 | (1) |
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11.3.3 IIS influences epithelial barrier integrity, stem cell physiology and ageing via mitochondrial dynamics |
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179 | (1) |
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11.3.4 IIS regulates immunity by maintaining mitochondrial balance |
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180 | (1) |
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11.3.5 Regulation of lifespan by mitochondrial dynamics |
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181 | (1) |
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12 Sexual Sterilization of Mosquitoes |
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188 | (20) |
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188 | (1) |
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12.2 Genetic Sterility Versus Irradiation |
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189 | (1) |
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12.3 Spermless Males Induce Life-Long Sterility in Females |
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190 | (1) |
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12.4 Genetic Sterility Through the Expression of Testis-Specific Effector Genes |
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191 | (1) |
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12.5 Targeting the Function of the Male Accessory Glands |
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192 | (1) |
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12.6 Male Sterility Genes: What Is Known in Drosophila |
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192 | (6) |
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12.7 Biotechnology Toolbox to Generate Sterility |
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198 | (1) |
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12.8 Disrupting Fertility by Classical Transgenesis |
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198 | (1) |
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12.9 Target Gene Disruption by Homologous Recombination-Based Gene Knock-Out or Replacement |
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198 | (2) |
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12.10 Gene Knock-Out Using Synthetic Endonucleases |
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200 | (1) |
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12.11 Culturing Sexually Sterile Mosquito Lines |
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201 | (1) |
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Part 3: Alternative Transgenic Approaches To Modifying Insect Phenotypes |
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13 Paratransgenesis in Mosquitoes and Other Insects: Microbial Ecology and Bacterial Genetic Considerations |
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208 | (19) |
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208 | (1) |
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13.2 Requirements for Successful Paratransgenesis |
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208 | (13) |
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13.2.1 Mosquito microbial ecology |
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209 | (1) |
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13.2.2 Effector molecules |
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210 | (3) |
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213 | (3) |
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13.2.4 Fitness considerations for paratransgenic bacteria |
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216 | (2) |
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13.2.5 Genetically stable paratransgenic strains suitable for field release |
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218 | (2) |
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13.2.6 Introducing and spreading bacterial strains for paratransgenesis |
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220 | (1) |
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13.3 Paratransgenesis of Mosquitoes Against Malaria With Genetically Modified Bacteria |
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221 | (1) |
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13.4 Paratransgenesis With Naturally Occurring Bacterial Strains |
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221 | (1) |
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14 Asaia Paratransgenesis in Mosquitoes |
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227 | (12) |
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227 | (1) |
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14.2 Asaia and Paratransgenesis in Mosquito-Borne Disease Control |
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228 | (3) |
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14.3 Asaia is Capable of Cross-Colonizing Insects of Different Genera and Orders |
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231 | (1) |
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14.4 Asaia Within Mosquitoes: What Are its Beneficial Roles? |
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232 | (1) |
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235 | (4) |
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15 Paratransgenic Control of Chagas Disease |
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239 | (11) |
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15.2.1 Epidemiology and globalization of Chagas disease |
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239 | (1) |
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15.2.2 Modes of transmission of Chagas disease |
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240 | (1) |
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15.3 Novel Approaches to Eradication of Chagas Disease |
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241 | (3) |
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15.3.2 Antimicrobial peptides as effector molecules |
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242 | (1) |
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15.3.3 Single chain antibodies |
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243 | (1) |
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244 | (1) |
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15.4 From Bench Top to Field Trials |
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244 | (2) |
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16 Tsetse Paratransgenesis: a Novel Strategy for Reducing the Spread of African Trypanosomiasis |
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250 | (13) |
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16.1 Tsetse as Vectors of Parasitic African Trypanosomes |
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250 | (1) |
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16.2 Tsetse Symbiosis - Transmission Routes and Functions |
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251 | (2) |
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16.3 Tsetse Paratransgenesis |
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253 | (3) |
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16.3.1 Suitability of Soda/is for tsetse transgenesis |
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253 | (1) |
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16.3.2 Identification and expression of anti-trypanosomal effector molecules |
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254 | (1) |
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16.3.3 Promoters and secretion signals |
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255 | (1) |
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16.3.4 Establishment of symbiont infections in the gut |
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256 | (1) |
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16.4 Taxonomic Characterization of the Tsetse Microbiome |
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256 | (1) |
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16.5 Mechanisms to Drive Parasite-Resistant Tsetse Phenotypes into Natural Populations |
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257 | (1) |
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16.5.1 Natural and manipulated population biology of Wolbachia infections |
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257 | (1) |
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16.5.2 Modelling the efficacy of paratransgenic control |
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258 | (1) |
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16.5.3 Polyandry and cytoplasmic incompatibility |
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258 | (1) |
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259 | (4) |
Part 4: Considerations For The Release Of Transgenic Insects |
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17 RIDL: Modelling Release of Insects Carrying a Dominant Lethal |
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263 | (20) |
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17.1 Sterile Insect Methods |
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263 | (2) |
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17.1.1 Mathematical models of the SIT |
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264 | (1) |
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265 | (4) |
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17.2.1 What is the RIDL system? |
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265 | (1) |
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17.2.2 Genetically engineered phenotypes |
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265 | (3) |
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17.2.3 Estimating key parameters |
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268 | (1) |
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17.3 It's the Ecology, Stupid! |
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269 | (4) |
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270 | (2) |
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17.3.2 Life history stage structure |
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272 | (1) |
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17.3.3 Space and dispersal |
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272 | (1) |
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273 | (1) |
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17.4.1 Aiding experiments |
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274 | (1) |
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17.4.2 Epidemiological targets |
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274 | (1) |
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18 Assessing Risk of Transgenic Insects |
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18.1.1 Scope of this chapter |
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283 | (1) |
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18.1.2 Historic context for biosafety risk assessment and regulation |
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283 | (3) |
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286 | (1) |
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18.2.1 Understanding risk |
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286 | (1) |
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18.3 Risk Assessment of Living Insects |
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287 | (1) |
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18.4 Risk Assessment of Genetically Modified Organisms |
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288 | (2) |
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18.5 Special Aspects of Risk for Transgenic Insects |
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290 | (5) |
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18.5.1 Phases in assessment for transgenic insects |
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290 | (1) |
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18.5.2 Characteristics of the organism |
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291 | (1) |
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291 | (3) |
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18.5.4 Receiving environment |
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294 | (1) |
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18.5.5 Intended use or application of the GMOs |
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294 | (1) |
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18.5.6 Interactions and cumulative risk |
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295 | (1) |
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18.6 Documentation of Risk Assessment |
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295 | (1) |
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18.7 Social and Political Aspects of Risk |
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296 | (2) |
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298 | (1) |
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299 | (1) |
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19 Economics of Transgenic Insects for Field Release |
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306 | (13) |
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306 | (1) |
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307 | (4) |
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311 | (3) |
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19.4 Funding Investment and Capturing Benefits |
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314 | (1) |
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19.5 Capturing Public Health Benefits |
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315 | (1) |
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316 | (1) |
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317 | (2) |
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20 Risk Analysis and the Regulation of Transgenic Insects |
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319 | (17) |
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319 | (1) |
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320 | (5) |
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20.2.1 Regulatory frameworks |
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321 | (2) |
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20.2.2 Genetically engineered insects - current progress |
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323 | (2) |
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20.3 Common Features of Regulatory Systems |
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325 | (4) |
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20.3.3 Risk communication |
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327 | (2) |
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20.4 Regulatory Gaps and Overlaps |
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329 | (1) |
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330 | (1) |
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332 | (4) |
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21 Public Acceptability of New Insect Vector Control Technologies |
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336 | (1) |
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21.2 The On-Going Challenge of Vector Control |
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21.3 The Need for Alternative Public Health Strategies to Control Vector-Borne Diseases |
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337 | (1) |
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21.4 The New Technologies |
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337 | (1) |
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21.5 Challenges For The Public Acceptability of New Vector Technologies |
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337 | (2) |
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21.5.1 Incentives in research and product development |
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337 | (1) |
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21.5.2 The backdrop of historical injustice |
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338 | (1) |
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21.5.3 The controversial nature of some new vector control technologies |
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339 | (1) |
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21.6 Mechanisms to Address Challenges for Public Engagement |
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339 | (1) |
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21.7 Community Engagement |
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339 | (3) |
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21.7.1 Identifying and managing non-obvious risks and benefits |
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340 | (1) |
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21.7.2 Expanding respect beyond the individual |
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341 | (1) |
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21.7.3 Building legitimacy for the research project |
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341 | (1) |
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21.7.4 'Formal' government approvals |
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341 | (1) |
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342 | (1) |
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343 | (1) |
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344 | (2) |
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22 The Cartagena Protocol on the Transboundary Movement of Living Modified Organisms: The Regulation of Trade in Transgenic Organisms under International and European Environmental Law |
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346 | (15) |
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346 | (1) |
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22.2 Overview of the UN Convention on Biological Diversity |
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346 | (1) |
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22.3 Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety (2000/2003) |
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347 | (9) |
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22.3.1 The Advanced Informed Agreement procedure |
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348 | (2) |
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22.3.2 Risk assessment and public participation |
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350 | (1) |
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22.3.3 Liability and compliance |
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351 | (1) |
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22.3.4 The Nagoya-Kuala Lumpur Supplementary Protocol on Liability and Redress to the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety |
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352 | (2) |
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22.3.5 The implementation of the Cartagena Protocol - the case of the European Union |
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354 | (2) |
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356 | (1) |
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357 | (3) |
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360 | (1) |
Index |
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