Current CRISPR gene drive systems are likely to be highly invasive in wild populations

Recent reports have suggested that self-propagating CRISPR-based gene drive systems are unlikely to efficiently invade wild populations due to drive-resistant alleles that prevent cutting. Here we develop mathematical models based on existing empirical data to explicitly test this assumption for pop...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Noble, Charleston, Adlam, Ben, Church, George M, Esvelt, Kevin, Nowak, Martin A
Other Authors: Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Media Laboratory
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: eLife Sciences Publications, Ltd 2020
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/125149