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Leveraging insights from previous studies, the functional characterization of Antp in S. frugiperda was undertaken using RT-qPCR and the CRISPR\/Cas9 genome-editing system. Phylogenetic analyses indicate that Antp shares a high degree of sequence homology among Lepidoptera species. The expression profile of SfAntp was detected by RT-qPCR. The results showed that SfAntp was expressed in the whole growth cycle of S. frugiperda, the expression level was the highest in the egg stage, and the expression level was higher from 12 h to 48 h. Tissue-specific expression profiling demonstrated that SfAntp was most abundantly expressed in the thoracic segments and legs. To functionally disrupt SfAntp, two sgRNA sites were designed at the first exon of SfAntp and the gene was knocked out by CRISPR\/Cas9 via microinjection. The results showed that the deletion of SfAntp produced a mutant phenotype of thoracic fusion, thoracic leg defect, leg-like protrusions between the head and thoracic segments and pupation deformity. In addition, deletion of SfAntp resulted in high embryo mortality. Through DNA sequencing, it was found that the target site of the SfAntp mutant had different degrees of frameshift mutations, indicating that the mutant phenotype was indeed caused by the knockout of SfAntp.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/insects15010016","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,12,29]],"date-time":"2023-12-29T11:19:21Z","timestamp":1703848761000},"page":"16","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":4,"title":["CRISPR\/Cas9-Mediated Mutagenesis of Antennapedia in Spodoptera frugiperda"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"15","author":[{"given":"Congke","family":"Wang","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Plant Protection, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450046, China"},{"name":"Key Laboratory of New Pesticide Development and Application, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450046, China"},{"name":"Green Pesticide Creation Engineering Technology Research Center, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450046, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Te","family":"Zhao","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Plant Protection, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450046, China"},{"name":"Key Laboratory of New Pesticide Development and Application, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450046, China"},{"name":"Green Pesticide Creation Engineering Technology Research Center, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450046, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Xiaolong","family":"Liu","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Plant Protection, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450046, China"},{"name":"Key Laboratory of New Pesticide Development and Application, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450046, China"},{"name":"Green Pesticide Creation Engineering Technology Research Center, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450046, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Tianliang","family":"Li","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Plant Protection, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450046, China"},{"name":"Key Laboratory of New Pesticide Development and Application, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450046, China"},{"name":"Green Pesticide Creation Engineering Technology Research Center, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450046, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Leiming","family":"He","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Plant Protection, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450046, China"},{"name":"Key Laboratory of New Pesticide Development and Application, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450046, China"},{"name":"Green Pesticide Creation Engineering Technology Research Center, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450046, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Qinqin","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Plant Protection, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450046, China"},{"name":"Key Laboratory of New Pesticide Development and Application, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450046, China"},{"name":"Green Pesticide Creation Engineering Technology Research Center, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450046, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Li","family":"Wang","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Plant Protection, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450046, China"},{"name":"Key Laboratory of New Pesticide Development and Application, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450046, China"},{"name":"Green Pesticide Creation Engineering Technology Research Center, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450046, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Lin","family":"Zhou","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"College of Plant Protection, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450046, China"},{"name":"Key Laboratory of New Pesticide Development and Application, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450046, China"},{"name":"Green Pesticide Creation Engineering Technology Research Center, Henan Agricultural University, Zhengzhou 450046, China"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2023,12,29]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","first-page":"551","article-title":"Out-break, distribution and management of fall armyworm, Spodoptera frugiperda JE Smith in Africa: The status and prospects","volume":"3","author":"Kebede","year":"2018","journal-title":"Acad. 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