Biocontrol Historical Timeline

	Selfish genetic elements Agren, JAC, A. G.,  PLOS Genetics,  14:20. 2018. Selfish genetic elements (historically also referred to as selfish genes, ultra-selfish genes, selfish DNA, parasitic DNA, genomic outlaws) are genetic segments that can enhance their own transmission at the expense of other genes in the genome, even if this has no or a negative ... Keywords: drosophila-melanogaster, gene drive evolution, gene drive mechanism, gene drive models, gene drive natural, gene drive synthetic, Genetics & Heredity, genome size, green beard, homing endonuclease genes, male-sterility, natural-selection, population dynamics, segregation distortion, sex-ratio, transposable elements
	Genes in conflict: The biology of selfish genetic elements Burt, A. and R. Trivers,  Genes in conflict: the biology of selfish genetic elements,  2008. In evolution, most genes survive and spread within populations because they increase the ability of their hosts (or their close relatives) to survive and reproduce. But some genes spread in spite of being harmful to the host organism—by distorting their own transmission to the ... Keywords: drosophila-melanogaster, gene drive evolution, gene drive mechanism, gene drive models, gene drive natural, gene drive synthetic, Genetics & Heredity, genome size, green beard, homing endonuclease genes, male-sterility, natural-selection, population dynamics, segregation distortion, sex-ratio, transposable elements
	History of the Sterile Insect Technique Klassen, W. and C. F. Curtis,  Sterile Insect Technique: Principles and Practice in Area-Wide Integrated Pest Managemen,  2005:3-36.. 2005. During the 1930s and 1940s the idea of releasing insects of pest species to introduce sterility (sterile insect technique or SIT) into wild populations, and thus control them, was independently conceived in three extremely diverse intellectual environments. The key researchers ... Keywords: drosophila-melanogaster, gene drive evolution, gene drive mechanism, gene drive models, gene drive natural, gene drive synthetic, Genetics & Heredity, genome size, green beard, homing endonuclease genes, male-sterility, natural-selection, population dynamics, segregation distortion, sex-ratio, transposable elements