A male-biased sex-distorter gene drive for the human malaria vector Anopheles gambiae
(2020)
Journal Article
Simoni, A., Hammond, A. M., Beaghton, A. K., Galizi, R., Taxiarchi, C., Kyrou, K., …Crisanti, A. (2020). A male-biased sex-distorter gene drive for the human malaria vector Anopheles gambiae. Nature Biotechnology, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41587-020-0508-1
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 uni... Read More about A male-biased sex-distorter gene drive for the human malaria vector Anopheles gambiae.