Abstract Drosophila suzukii (Matsumura)(Diptera: Drosophilidae) also known as spotted-
wing drosophila (SWD), is a pest native to Southeast Asia. In the last few decades, the pest …

Gene drives are selfish genetic elements that are transmitted to progeny at super-Mendelian
(> 50%) frequencies. Recently developed CRISPR–Cas9-based gene-drive systems are …

Arthropod crop pests are responsible for 20% of global annual crop losses, a figure
predicted to increase in a changing climate where the ranges of numerous species are …

Spotted-wing drosophila, Drosophila suzukii (Matsumura)(Diptera: Drosophilidae) is
originally from Asia, and in the last decade it has become a global economic pest of small …

Mosquitoes bring global health problems by transmitting parasites and viruses such as
malaria and dengue. Unfortunately, current insecticide-based control strategies are only …

The alteration of wild populations has been discussed as a solution to a number of
humanity's most pressing ecological and public health concerns. Enabled by the recent …

There is great interest in being able to spread beneficial traits throughout wild populations in
ways that are self-sustaining. Here, we describe a chromosomal selfish genetic element …

Genetic control strategies such as the sterile insect technique have successfully fought
insect pests worldwide. The CRISPR (clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic …

CRISPR-based gene-drive systems, which copy themselves via gene conversion mediated
by the homology-directed repair (HDR) pathway, have the potential to revolutionize vector …

The primary international forum deliberating the regulation of “synthetic biology” is the
Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), along with its subsidiary agreements concerned …