Cheating evolution: engineering gene drives to manipulate the fate of wild populations
Cheating evolution: engineering gene drives to manipulate the fate of wild populations
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London: Nature Publishing Group UK
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Gene drive systems function by being inherited at higher rates compared with other alleles, allowing them to rapidly spread throughout a population.
Gene drives can be used to spread desirable genes throughout wild populations or to suppress harmful species. Some applications of gene drives include control of vector-borne diseases...
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Cheating evolution: engineering gene drives to manipulate the fate of wild populations
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TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1768572483
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_proquest_miscellaneous_1768572483
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1471-0056
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1471-0064
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10.1038/nrg.2015.34
