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A male-biased sex-distorter gene drive for the human malaria vector Anopheles gambiae

Only female insects transmit diseases such as malaria, dengue and Zika; therefore, control methods that bias the sex ratio of insect offspring have long been sought. Genetic elements such as sex-chromosome drives can distort sex ratios to produce unisex populations that eventually collapse, but the...

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Autores principales: Simoni, Alekos, Hammond, Andrew M., Beaghton, Andrea K., Galizi, Roberto, Taxiarchi, Chrysanthi, Kyrou, Kyros, Meacci, Dario, Gribble, Matthew, Morselli, Giulia, Burt, Austin, Nolan, Tony, Crisanti, Andrea
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Nature Publishing Group US 2020
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7473848/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32393821
http://dx.doi.org/10.1038/s41587-020-0508-1