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                                                (Clicking on the reprint icon
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                                                    will take you to the publication reprint.)A unified protocol for CRISPR/Cas9-mediated gene knockout in tephritid fruit flies led to the recreation of white eye and white puparium phenotypes in the melon fly
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Paulo, D., Cha, A.Y., Kauwe, A.N., Curbelo, K.M., Corpuz, R.L., Simmonds, T.J., Sim, S.B., Geib, S.M. 2022. A unified protocol for CRISPR/Cas9-mediated gene knockout in tephritid fruit flies led to the recreation of white eye and white puparium phenotypes in the melon fly. Journal of Economic Entomology. 115(6):2110-2115. https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/toac166.Evaluating Bactrocera dorsalis (Hendel) (Diptera: Tephritidae) response to methyl eugenol: Comparison of three common bioassay methods
                                                        

- (Peer Reviewed Journal)Sim, S.B., Curbelo, K.M., Manoukis, N., Cha, D.H. 2022. Evaluating Bactrocera dorsalis (Hendel) (Diptera: Tephritidae) response to methyl eugenol: Comparison of three common bioassay methods. Journal of Economic Entomology. 115(2):556–564. https://doi.org/10.1093/jee/toac018.


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