Gene drive in plants emerges from infancy

Tags: Agriculture, Gene drive, Gene drive synthetic, Selfish genetic elements
M. J. A. Awan, R. Z. Naqvi, I. Amin and S. Mansoor, Trends in Plant Science, 2023.

Selfish genetic elements (SGEs) display biased transmission to offspring. However, their breeding potential has remained obscure. Wang et al. recently reported a natural gene-drive system that can be harnessed to prevent hybrid incompatibility and to develop a synthetic gene-drive (SGD) system for crop improvement.