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Next-generation gene drive for population modification of the malaria vector mosquito, Anopheles gambiae.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 15 Sept 2020
Carballar-Lejarazú Rebeca, Ogaugwu Christian, Tushar Taylor, Kelsey Adam, Pham Thai Binh, Murphy Jazmin, Schmidt Hanno, Lee Yoosook, Lanzaro Gregory C, James Anthony A
Abstract excerpt
A Cas9/guide RNA-based gene drive strain, AgNosCd-1, was developed to deliver antiparasite effector molecules to the malaria vector mosquito, Anopheles gambiae The drive system targets the cardinal gene ortholog producing a red-eye phenotype. Drive can achieve 98 to 100% in both sexes and full introduction was observed in small cage trials within 6 to 10 generations following a single release of gene-drive males....
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