The potential for a released autosomal X-shredder becoming a driving-Y chromosome and invasively suppressing wild populations of malaria mosquitoes
Yehonatan Alcalay, Silke Fuchs, Roberto Galizi, Federica Bernardini, Roya Elaine Haghighat-Khah, Douglas B. Rusch, Jeffrey R. Adrion, Matthew W. Hahn, Pablo Tortosa, Rachel D. Rotenberry, Philippos Aris Papathanos
The paper analyzes the potential for an autosomal X-shredder to become a Y-linked drive element in malaria mosquitoes and concludes it is unlikely due to suppression mechanisms.
Frontiers in Bioengineering and Biotechnology · Dec 3, 2021Peer-reviewedGenetics