By targeting the female mosquitoes themselves rather than their offspring, TMT is the first biocontrol technology that could ...

"Toxic male technique" genetically engineers male insects to produce insect-specific venom proteins in their semen.

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Abstract Salivary gland chromosome slides of Anopheles albitarsis from Brasil, Colombia and Venezuela indicate that at least three chromosomally differentiated populations of this species exist in ...

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A new biological pest control method that targets the lifespan of female insects could significantly reduce the threat of insect pests such as disease-carrying mosquitoes by offering faster and more ...

Diseases such as malaria, dengue, Zika, chikungunya and yellow fever are spread by the females of the Aedes aegypti and Anopheles gambiae species of mosquito.

Australian researchers engineered a new way to hinder the reproduction of disease-carrying mosquitoes using the TMT.