Transforming insect population control with precision guided sterile males with demonstration in flies

Transforming insect population control with precision guided sterile males with demonstration in flies

Transforming insect population control with precision guided sterile males with demonstration in flies, Published online: 08 January 2019; doi:10.1038/s41467-018-07964-7

Sterile Insect Technique (SIT) is used to suppress wild populations. Here the authors integrate CRISPR-based technology and SIT to develop a precision guided SIT (pgSIT), and demonstrate its proof-of-principle by generating 100% sterile males.

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