Nature Communications (Sep 2021)
Suppressing mosquito populations with precision guided sterile males
- Ming Li,
- Ting Yang,
- Michelle Bui,
- Stephanie Gamez,
- Tyler Wise,
- Nikolay P. Kandul,
- Junru Liu,
- Lenissa Alcantara,
- Haena Lee,
- Jyotheeswara R. Edula,
- Robyn Raban,
- Yinpeng Zhan,
- Yijin Wang,
- Nick DeBeaubien,
- Jieyan Chen,
- Héctor M. Sánchez C.,
- Jared B. Bennett,
- Igor Antoshechkin,
- Craig Montell,
- John M. Marshall,
- Omar S. Akbari
Affiliations
- Ming Li
- Division of Biological Sciences, Section of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California, San Diego
- Ting Yang
- Division of Biological Sciences, Section of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California, San Diego
- Michelle Bui
- Division of Biological Sciences, Section of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California, San Diego
- Stephanie Gamez
- Division of Biological Sciences, Section of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California, San Diego
- Tyler Wise
- Division of Biological Sciences, Section of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California, San Diego
- Nikolay P. Kandul
- Division of Biological Sciences, Section of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California, San Diego
- Junru Liu
- Division of Biological Sciences, Section of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California, San Diego
- Lenissa Alcantara
- Division of Biological Sciences, Section of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California, San Diego
- Haena Lee
- Division of Biological Sciences, Section of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California, San Diego
- Jyotheeswara R. Edula
- Division of Biological Sciences, Section of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California, San Diego
- Robyn Raban
- Division of Biological Sciences, Section of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California, San Diego
- Yinpeng Zhan
- Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology and the Neuroscience Research Institute, University of California
- Yijin Wang
- Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology and the Neuroscience Research Institute, University of California
- Nick DeBeaubien
- Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology and the Neuroscience Research Institute, University of California
- Jieyan Chen
- Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology and the Neuroscience Research Institute, University of California
- Héctor M. Sánchez C.
- Divisions of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of California
- Jared B. Bennett
- Divisions of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of California
- Igor Antoshechkin
- Division of Biology and Biological Engineering (BBE), California Institute of Technology
- Craig Montell
- Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology and the Neuroscience Research Institute, University of California
- John M. Marshall
- Divisions of Epidemiology & Biostatistics, School of Public Health, University of California
- Omar S. Akbari
- Division of Biological Sciences, Section of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California, San Diego
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-021-25421-w
- Journal volume & issue
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Vol. 12,
no. 1
pp. 1 – 10
Abstract
A. aegypti is the principal vector for arboviruses that impact on human health and wellbeing. Here the authors use precision guided sterile insect technique—pgSIT—to suppress or eliminate mosquito populations in multigeneration cage experiments.
