Publication Date:
2014-06-12
Description:
Article Extreme reproductive sex ratios could result in the suppression or elimination of pest populations. Here, the authors design a synthetic sex distortion system in Anopheles gambiae that gives rise to fertile mosquito strains that produce over 95% male offsprings and could therefore be used to suppress mosquito populations. Nature Communications doi: 10.1038/ncomms4977 Authors: Roberto Galizi, Lindsey A. Doyle, Miriam Menichelli, Federica Bernardini, Anne Deredec, Austin Burt, Barry L. Stoddard, Nikolai Windbichler, Andrea Crisanti
Electronic ISSN:
2041-1723
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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