Issues with combining incompatible and sterile insect techniques

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¹ Biotechnology and Agroindustry Division, ENEA (Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy & Sustainable Economic Development), Rome, Italy. riccardo.moretti@enea.it.
² Biotechnology and Agroindustry Division, ENEA (Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy & Sustainable Economic Development), Rome, Italy.

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Riccardo Moretti et al. Nature. 2021 Feb.

. 2021 Feb;590(7844):E1-E2.

doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-03164-w. Epub 2021 Feb 3.

¹ Biotechnology and Agroindustry Division, ENEA (Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy & Sustainable Economic Development), Rome, Italy. riccardo.moretti@enea.it.
² Biotechnology and Agroindustry Division, ENEA (Italian National Agency for New Technologies, Energy & Sustainable Economic Development), Rome, Italy.

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Li Y, Baton LA, Zhang D, Bouyer J, Parker AG, Hoffmann AA, Ng LC, Tan CH, Xi Z. Li Y, et al. Nature. 2021 Feb;590(7844):E3-E5. doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-03165-9. Nature. 2021. PMID: 33536644 No abstract available.

Incompatible and sterile insect techniques combined eliminate mosquitoes.
Zheng X, Zhang D, Li Y, Yang C, Wu Y, Liang X, Liang Y, Pan X, Hu L, Sun Q, Wang X, Wei Y, Zhu J, Qian W, Yan Z, Parker AG, Gilles JRL, Bourtzis K, Bouyer J, Tang M, Zheng B, Yu J, Liu J, Zhuang J, Hu Z, Zhang M, Gong JT, Hong XY, Zhang Z, Lin L, Liu Q, Hu Z, Wu Z, Baton LA, Hoffmann AA, Xi Z. Zheng X, et al. Nature. 2019 Aug;572(7767):56-61. doi: 10.1038/s41586-019-1407-9. Epub 2019 Jul 17. Nature. 2019. PMID: 31316207

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