A CRISPR-Cas9 sex-ratio distortion system for genetic control

Scientific Reports

Volumn 6, Issue , 2016, Pages

  Galizi, Roberto ^a   Hammond, Andrew ^a   Kyrou, Kyros ^a   Taxiarchi, Chrysanthi ^a,b   Bernardini, Federica ^a   O'Loughlin, Samantha M ^a   Papathanos, Philippos Aris ^b   Nolan, Tony ^a   Windbichler, Nikolai ^a   Crisanti, Andrea ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PERUGIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANOPHELES GAMBIAE; CLUSTERED REGULARLY INTERSPACED SHORT PALINDROMIC REPEAT; DISEASE CARRIER; FERTILITY; GENETIC REGULATION; HUMAN; MEIOSIS; PROGENY; SEX DETERMINATION; SEX RATIO; SPECIES; SPERMATOGENESIS; X CHROMOSOME; ANIMAL; ANOPHELES; CRISPR CAS SYSTEM; GENETIC RECOMBINATION; GENETICS; MALE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOSQUITO CONTROL; PROCEDURES; RIBOSOME; ZOOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANOPHELES; CRISPR-CAS SYSTEMS; ENTOMOLOGY; MALE; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; MOSQUITO CONTROL; RECOMBINATION, GENETIC; RIBOSOMES; SEX RATIO;

EID: 84981520558     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20452322     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/srep31139     Document Type: Article

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