Genetically engineered insects with sex-selection and genetic incompatibility enable population suppression
Engineered Genetic Incompatibility (EGI) is a method to create species-like barriers to sexual reproduction. It has applications in pest control that mimic Sterile Insect Technique when only EGI males are released. This can be facilitated by introducing conditional female-lethality to EGI strains to...
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| Language: | English |
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eLife Sciences Publications Ltd
2022-02-01
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| Series: | eLife |
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| Online Access: | https://elifesciences.org/articles/71230 |