Split drive killer-rescue provides a novel threshold-dependent gene drive

Abstract A wide range of gene drive mechanisms have been proposed that are predicted to increase in frequency within a population even when they are deleterious to individuals carrying them. This also allows associated desirable genetic material (“cargo genes”) to increase in frequency. Gene drives...

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Main Authors: Matthew P. Edgington, Tim Harvey-Samuel, Luke Alphey
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Nature Portfolio 2020-11-01
Series:Scientific Reports
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-77544-7