ABSTRACT
Transduction is the use of viruses to package and deliver genes of interest to cells by the infectious process . Transduction was discovered in bacteria. and has greatly facilitated genetic analysis and inanipulation in several bacterial species . More recently . transduction has been used in mammalian systems. particularly in gene therapy applications . Retrovirus . adenovirus . poxvirus . and parvovirus vectors have all been developed and have proved useful for specific applications . The use of viruses to transduce genes of interest in insects is less well explored . although the potential for laboratory studies and control of agricultural pests and vector-borne disease seems very attractive .
