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Transgenic Aedes aegypti Mosquitoes Transfer Genes into a Natural Population

In an attempt to control the mosquito-borne diseases yellow fever, dengue, chikungunya, and Zika fevers, a strain of transgenically modified Aedes aegypti mosquitoes containing a dominant lethal gene has been developed by a commercial company, Oxitec Ltd. If lethality is complete, releasing this str...

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Autores principales: Evans, Benjamin R., Kotsakiozi, Panayiota, Costa-da-Silva, Andre Luis, Ioshino, Rafaella Sayuri, Garziera, Luiza, Pedrosa, Michele C., Malavasi, Aldo, Virginio, Jair F., Capurro, Margareth L., Powell, Jeffrey R.
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group UK 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6736937/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31506595
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41598-019-49660-6