Abstract
The present invention relates to an isolated nucleic acid molecule encoding an insulin-like factor of the androgenic gland of the freshwater prawn Macrobrachium rosenbergii (M. rosenbergii). The present invention further relates to methods of silencing the expression of the insulin-like factor gene in decapod crustaceans order, particularly in M. rosenbergii, useful for producing male monosex populations.
| Original language | American English |
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| Patent number | CN101981046 |
| IPC | C07K 14/ 62 A I |
| Priority date | 4/02/09 |
| State | Published - 23 Feb 2011 |