Synthetically Engineered Medea Gene Drive System in the Worldwide Crop Pest, D. suzukii
Anna B. Buchman, John Macky Marshall, Dennis Ostrovski, Ting Yang, Omar S. Akbari
The paper develops a synthetic Medea gene drive in D. suzukii, showing high inheritance bias but noting resistance and fitness costs that limit its spread.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · Apr 17, 2018Peer-reviewedGenetics