Targeting mosquito X-chromosomes reveals complex transmission dynamics of sex ratio distorting gene drives
Daniella An Haber, Yael Arien, Lee Benjamin Lamdan, Yehonathan Alcalay, Chen Zecharia, Flávia Krsticevic, Elad Shmuel Yonah, Rotem Daniel Avraham, Elzbieta Krzywińska, Jaroslaw Krzywinski, Éric Marois, Nikolai Windbichler, Philippos Aris Papathanos
This study investigates X-poisoning gene drives in mosquitoes, finding that sex distortion is mainly due to loss of X-bearing sperm rather than postzygotic lethality.
Nature Communications · Jun 11, 2024Peer-reviewedSynthetic Biology