title: SIT 2.0: 21(st) Century genetic technology for the screwworm sterile-insect program.
abstract: Release of sterile insects, the Sterile Insect Technique (SIT), can be an extremely effective and precise method of pest control. A study in BMC Biology from the New World screwworm SIT program and others shows that modern genetic methods can provide major improvements even to this well-established and highly successful SIT program.See research article: https://bmcbiol.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12915-016-0296-8.
authors.affiliation: The Pirbright Institute, Ash Road, Woking, Surrey, GU24 0NF, UK. luke.alphey@pirbright.ac.uk.
authors.forename: Luke
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Alphey
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004175:Diptera / Q000502:physiology*; D005260:Female; D005821:Genetic Techniques; D008297:Male; D010572:Pest Control, Biological / Q000379:methods*; D013242:Sterilization