part SECTION I: INTRODUCTION -- chapter 1 An Introduction to the History and Methodology of Insect Gene Transfer -- part SECTION II: GENE TARGETING -- chapter 2 Targeted Transformation of the Insect Genome -- chapter 3 Site-Specific Recombination for the Genetic Manipulation of Transgenic Insects -- part SECTION III: TRANSGENIC SELECTION -- chapter 4 Eye Color Genes for Selection of Transgenic Insects -- chapter 5 Green Fluorescent Protein (GFP) as a Marker for Transgenic Insects -- chapter 6 Resistance Genes as Candidates for Insect Transgenesis -- part SECTION IV: VIRAL VECTORS -- chapter 7 Pantropic Retroviral Vectors for Insect Gene Transfer -- chapter 8 Desonucleosis Viruses as Transducing Vectors for Insects -- chapter 9 Sindbis Virus Expression Systems in Mosquitoes: Background, Methods, and Applications -- chapter 10 Retrotransposons and Retroviruses in Insect Genomes -- chapter 11 Polydnaviruses and Insect Transgenic Research -- part SECTION V: TRANSPOSABLE ELEMENT VECTORS -- chapter 12 Hermes and Other hAT Elements as Gene Vectors in Insects -- chapter 13 Genetic Engineering of Insects with mariner Transposons -- chapter 14 The TTAA-Specific Family of Transposable Elements: Identification, Functional Characterization, and Utility for Transformation of Insects -- part SECTION VI: SYMBIONT VECTORS -- chapter 15 Wolbachia as a Vehicle to Modify Insect Populations -- chapter 16 Bacterial Symbiont Transformation in Chagas Disease Vectors -- part SECTION VII: STRATEGIES, RISK ASSESSMENT, AND REGULATION -- chapter 17 The Application of Transgenic Insect Technology in the Sterile Insect Technique -- chapter 18 Control of Disease Transmission through Genetic Modification of Mosquitoes -- chapter 19 Deploying Transgenic Arthropods in Pest Management Programs: Risks and Realities -- chapter 20 Regulation of Transgenic Arthropods and Other Invertebrates in the United States.