澳大利亚将进行转基因实蝇试验,以观察这种转基因实蝇能否控制这种破坏性的农作物害虫。转基因地中海实蝇拥有阻止雌性实蝇成年的基因。当被释放到环境中后,这些实蝇与同物种的野生型交配并将基因传递给后代,在造成农作物损失之前这些后代就会死去,理论上可以避免作物损失。这种实蝇由英国公司Oxitec研制生产。西澳大利亚州农业与食品部(DAFWA)已宣布将进行室内试验,对转基因实蝇进行评估。试验人员从英国进口转基因实蝇虫卵并在 Australia will conduct a transgenic fruit fly test to see if the transgenic fruit fly can control this devastating crop pest. Genetically modified transgenic fruit flies have genes that block adult females. When released into the environment, these fruit flies mate with the wild type of the species and pass on the genes to future generations, which can theoretically be fatal, before crop damage can result. The fruit flies by the British company Oxitec development and production. Western Australia’s Department of Agriculture and Food (DAFWA) has announced that it will conduct an indoor trial to evaluate GM flies. The experimenter imported transgenic fly-fly eggs from the UK