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. 2020 Dec 8;117(49):30864-30867.
doi: 10.1073/pnas.2020417117. Epub 2020 Nov 18.

Opinion: Standardizing the definition of gene drive

Luke S Alphey  1 , Andrea Crisanti  2   3 , Filippo Fil Randazzo  4 , Omar S Akbari  5
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Opinion: Standardizing the definition of gene drive

Luke S Alphey et al. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. .
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Conflict of interest statement

O.S.A. is a founder of Agragene, Inc., has an equity interest, and serves on the company’s Scientific Advisory Board. All other authors declare no competing interests.

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We need to clarify gene drive terms, or we risk hampering the field, confusing the public, and losing a technology that may help solve otherwise intractable problems in public health, conservation, and food security. Image credit: Stephanie Gamez (University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA).
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