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From: Improvement on the genetic engineering of an invasive agricultural pest insect, the cherry vinegar fly, Drosophila suzukii

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D. suzukii serendipity α and the use of its promoter/enhancer for directed expression. a Schematic representation of the D. suzukii gene serendipity α. b piggyBac-based transgenic construct HMMA006 [52] to drive tTA during early embryonic development. c-e Whole mount in situ hybridisation to detect Ds_sry α expression in wildtype D. suzukii embryos. f-h Whole mount in situ hybridisation to detect tTA expression in transgenic D. suzukii embryos of line 06_F5M2 (attP#1) carrying construct HMMA006. c,f Syncytial blastoderm embryos before start of cellularization. d,g Syncytial blastoderm embryos during cellularization show expression of sry α or tTA, respectively. e,h Germ band retracting embryos

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