Introduction of a male-harming mitochondrial haplotype via ‘Trojan Females’ achieves population suppression in fruit flies

Pests are a global threat to biodiversity, ecosystem function, and human health. Pest control approaches are thus numerous, but their implementation costly, damaging to non-target species, and ineffective at low population densities. The Trojan Female Technique (TFT) is a prospective self-perpetuati...

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Main Authors: Jonci Nikolai Wolff, Neil J Gemmell, Daniel M Tompkins, Damian K Dowling
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications Ltd 2017-05-01
Series:eLife
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Online Access:https://elifesciences.org/articles/23551