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Table 1 Gene transformation results.

From: Australian endemic pest tephritids: genetic, molecular and microbial tools for improved Sterile Insect Technique

Vector number

No. eggs injected

No. G0 adults emerged

% survival

No. G1 adults screened

No. G1 fluorescent flies

1260

896

77

8.6

2974

0

1261

823

55

6.7

2729

2*

  1. Two vectors, 1260 (pBac{<af_attP-Ccb2t-tGFP_af<_PUb- DsRed}) and 1261 (pBac{>f_attP-Ccb2t-DsRedEx_a>_PUbnlsEGFP}) [31] were microinjected into B. tryoni eggs with phsp-pBac transposase as helper as in [28].
  2. * from a single G0 male