Underlying beliefs linked to public opinion about gene drive and pest-specific toxin for pest control

Public Opinion Towards Gene Drive as a Pest Control Approach for Biodiversity Conservation and the Association of Underlying Worldviews

Environmental Communication ◽

10.1080/17524032.2019.1702568 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 14 (7) ◽

pp. 904-918 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Edith A. MacDonald ◽

Jovana Balanovic ◽

Eric D. Edwards ◽

Wokje Abrahamse ◽

Bob Frame ◽

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Keyword(s):

Public Opinion ◽

Biodiversity Conservation ◽

Pest Control ◽

Gene Drive ◽

Control Approach

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Self-limiting population genetic control with sex-linked genome editors

10.1101/236489 ◽

2017 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Austin Burt ◽

Anne Deredec

Keyword(s):

Gene Flow ◽

Genetic Control ◽

Pest Control ◽

Population Genetic ◽

Control Strategies ◽

Gene Drive ◽

Male Fitness ◽

Target Populations ◽

Efficient Control ◽

Attractive Option

AbstractIn male heterogametic species the Y chromosome is transmitted solely from fathers to sons, and is selected for based only on its impacts on male fitness. This fact can be exploited to develop efficient pest control strategies that use Y-linked editors to disrupt the fitness of female descendants. In simple “strategic” population models we show that Y-linked editors can be substantially more efficient than other self-limiting strategies and, while not as efficient as gene drive approaches, are expected to have less impact on non-target populations with which there is some gene flow. Efficiency can be further augmented by simultaneously releasing an autosomal X-shredder construct, in either the same or different males. Y-linked editors may be attractive option to consider when efficient control of a species is desired in some locales but not others.

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Host‐associated differentiation of target pests should be assessed before using gene drive as a pest control tool – an opinion

Entomologia Experimentalis et Applicata ◽

10.1111/eea.13093 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Raul F. Medina

Keyword(s):

Pest Control ◽

Gene Drive ◽

Host Associated Differentiation ◽

Control Tool

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Agricultural production: assessment of the potential use of Cas9-mediated gene drive systems for agricultural pest control

Journal of Responsible Innovation ◽

10.1080/23299460.2017.1410343 ◽

2017 ◽

Vol 5 (sup1) ◽

pp. S98-S120 ◽

Cited By ~ 32

Author(s):

Maxwell J. Scott ◽

Fred Gould ◽

Marcé Lorenzen ◽

Nathaniel Grubbs ◽

Owain Edwards ◽

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Keyword(s):

Pest Control ◽

Agricultural Production ◽

Agricultural Pest ◽

Gene Drive ◽

Drive Systems ◽

Potential Use

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Gene drive strategies of pest control in agricultural systems: challenges and opportunities

Evolutionary Applications ◽

10.1111/eva.13285 ◽

2021 ◽

Author(s):

Mathieu Legros ◽

John M. Marshall ◽

Sarina Macfadyen ◽

Keith R. Hayes ◽

Andy Sheppard ◽

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Keyword(s):

Pest Control ◽

Gene Drive ◽

Agricultural Systems ◽

Challenges And Opportunities

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Self-limiting population genetic control with sex-linked genome editors

Proceedings of The Royal Society B Biological Sciences ◽

10.1098/rspb.2018.0776 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 285 (1883) ◽

pp. 20180776 ◽

Cited By ~ 20

Author(s):

Austin Burt ◽

Anne Deredec

Keyword(s):

Gene Flow ◽

Pest Control ◽

Population Genetic ◽

Dynamic Models ◽

Control Strategies ◽

Gene Drive ◽

Male Fitness ◽

Target Populations ◽

Efficient Control ◽

Attractive Option

In male heterogametic species the Y chromosome is transmitted solely from fathers to sons, and is selected for based only on its impacts on male fitness. This fact can be exploited to develop efficient pest control strategies that use Y-linked editors to disrupt the fitness of female descendants. With simple population genetic and dynamic models we show that Y-linked editors can be substantially more efficient than other self-limiting strategies and, while not as efficient as gene drive approaches, are expected to have less impact on non-target populations with which there is some gene flow. Efficiency can be further augmented by simultaneously releasing an autosomal X-shredder construct, in either the same or different males. Y-linked editors may be an attractive option to consider when efficient control of a species is desired in some locales but not others.

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