Gene drives gaining speed

E Bier - Nature Reviews Genetics, 2022 - nature.com
Gene drives are selfish genetic elements that are transmitted to progeny at super-Mendelian
(> 50%) frequencies. Recently developed CRISPR–Cas9-based gene-drive systems are …

Mitigation of emerging implications of climate change on food production systems

A Gomez-Zavaglia, JC Mejuto… - Food Research …, 2020 - Elsevier
Crops, livestock and seafood are major contributors to global economy. Agriculture and
fisheries are especially dependent on climate. Thus, elevated temperatures and carbon …

[HTML][HTML] A CRISPR–Cas9 gene drive targeting doublesex causes complete population suppression in caged Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes

K Kyrou, AM Hammond, R Galizi, N Kranjc, A Burt… - Nature …, 2018 - nature.com
In the human malaria vector Anopheles gambiae, the gene doublesex (Agdsx) encodes two
alternatively spliced transcripts, dsx-female (AgdsxF) and dsx-male (AgdsxM), that control …

Efficient population modification gene-drive rescue system in the malaria mosquito Anopheles stephensi

A Adolfi, VM Gantz, N Jasinskiene, HF Lee… - Nature …, 2020 - nature.com
Abstract Cas9/gRNA-mediated gene-drive systems have advanced development of genetic
technologies for controlling vector-borne pathogen transmission. These technologies …

Vector biology meets disease control: using basic research to fight vector-borne diseases

WR Shaw, F Catteruccia - Nature microbiology, 2019 - nature.com
Human pathogens that are transmitted by insects are a global problem, particularly those
vectored by mosquitoes; for example, malaria parasites transmitted by Anopheles species …

Next-generation gene drive for population modification of the malaria vector mosquito, Anopheles gambiae

R Carballar-Lejarazú, C Ogaugwu… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - National Acad Sciences
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 …

Development of a confinable gene drive system in the human disease vector Aedes aegypti

M Li, T Yang, NP Kandul, M Bui, S Gamez, R Raban… - Elife, 2020 - elifesciences.org
Aedes aegypti is the principal mosquito vector for many arboviruses that increasingly infect
millions of people every year. With an escalating burden of infections and the relative failure …

The creation and selection of mutations resistant to a gene drive over multiple generations in the malaria mosquito

AM Hammond, K Kyrou, M Bruttini, A North… - PLoS …, 2017 - journals.plos.org
Gene drives have enormous potential for the control of insect populations of medical and
agricultural relevance. By preferentially biasing their own inheritance, gene drives can …

CRISPR/Cas9-based split homing gene drive targeting doublesex for population suppression of the global fruit pest Drosophila suzukii

AK Yadav, C Butler, A Yamamoto… - Proceedings of the …, 2023 - National Acad Sciences
Genetic-based methods offer environmentally friendly species-specific approaches for
control of insect pests. One method, CRISPR homing gene drive that target genes essential …

Reducing resistance allele formation in CRISPR gene drive

J Champer, J Liu, SY Oh, R Reeves… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - National Acad Sciences
CRISPR homing gene drives can convert heterozygous cells with one copy of the drive
allele into homozygotes, thereby enabling super-Mendelian inheritance. Such a mechanism …