First steps towards underdominant genetic transformation of insect populations.

The idea of introducing genetic modifications into wild populations of insects to stop them from spreading diseases is more than 40 years old. Synthetic disease refractory genes have been successfully generated for mosquito vectors of dengue fever and human malaria. Equally important is the developm...

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Main Authors: R Guy Reeves, Jarosław Bryk, Philipp M Altrock, Jai A Denton, Floyd A Reed
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2014-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4028297?pdf=render