Doxycycline is a viable alternative to tetracycline for use in insect Tet-Off transgenic sexing systems, as assessed in the blowflies Cochliomyia hominivorax and Lucilia cuprina (Diptera: Calliphoridae)
Journal of Economic Entomology.
By: A. Arp, M. Williamson n, M. Vasquez, G. Quintero, A. Lowman*, A. Sagel, M. Scott n
TL;DR:
Dox was a suitable antibiotic for mass-rearing Tet-Off female-lethal L. cuprina and C. hominivorax and was functional at much lower dosages than Tc, which could be advantageous in some insect mass-rearing systems.
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