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Greek scientists and collaborators in Italy and the U.S. published the germline transformation of medflies, a feat that has been executed in fruit flies but has proved more difficult for other insects. One obstacle has been lack of genetic markers that can be used to establish and maintain transformants.

As reported in Science, a complementary DNA clone derived from the medfly white gene was isolated. The medfly white gene has sequence similarities to the corresponding gene in fruit flies, and correlates with spontaneous mutation causing white eyes. ...