Gene Drive Definition

Gene drive is a process that promotes or favors the inheritance of certain genes from generation to generation. There are many forms of gene drive – this is an umbrella term, not a single technology. For additional information, more resources are provided below.

The concept of gene drive

GeneConvene Global Collaborative, 2022.

Standardizing the definition of gene drive

Tags: Gene drive synthetic, Genetic biocontrol
2020.

Gene drive: Evolved and synthetic

Tags: Chromosomal drive, Gene drive synthetic, Replicator/site directed nuclease, Toxin-antidote, Transmission distortion, X chromosome, Y-chromosome
Burt, AC, Andrea, ACS Chemical Biology, 13:343-346. 2018.
Drive is a process of accelerated inheritance from one generation to the next that allows some genes to spread rapidly through populations even if they do not contribute to—or indeed even if they detract from—organismal survival and reproduction. Genetic elements that can ...