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Gene drives do not always increase in frequency: from genetic models to risk assessment

de Jong, TJ, Journal Fur Verbraucherschutz Und Lebensmittelsicherheit-Journal of Consumer Protection and Food Safety, 12:299-307. 2017.

Homing genes encode endonucleases that make a double stranded break in the DNA, destroying a target site on the homologous chromosome. When the cell repairs the break the homing allele is copied, converting a heterozygote into a homozygote. This results in gene drive (GD), an ...
Keywords: Aedes aegypti, agriculture, dengue, environmental risk-assessment, Eradication, Food Science & Technology, gene drive guidance, gene drive safety, Genetic control, Genetic modification, insects, management, policy, population, problem formulation, regulation, risk assessment, transmission

Regulatory experience and challenges for the release of GM insects

Beech, C, Journal Fur Verbraucherschutz Und Lebensmittelsicherheit-Journal of Consumer Protection and Food Safety, 9:S71-S76. 2014.

Genetically modified (GM) insects are a potentially valuable new tool for the biological control of insect pests of humans, animals and plants. Considerable progress has been made recently in transfer of GM insects from the laboratory to release and evaluation in the environment. ...
Keywords: Aedes aegypti, agriculture, dengue, environmental risk-assessment, Eradication, Food Science & Technology, gene drive guidance, gene drive safety, Genetic control, Genetic modification, insects, management, policy, population, problem formulation, regulation, risk assessment, transmission