Research team genetically modifies mosquito; now completing construction of full gene drive system
Research team genetically modifies mosquito; now completing construction of full gene drive system
Tags: Culex, Gene drive syntheticUniversity of Hawaii, UH Hilo News, 2020.
A research group at the University of Hawai‘i at Hilo is currently completing construction of the full gene drive system of the Hawai‘i-sourced southern house mosquito (Culex quinquefasciatus), and plan to use CRISPR technology to insert it alongside an eye-color phenotype marker. CRISPR allows researchers to easily alter DNA sequences and modify gene function.
