Reply to: Issues with combining incompatible and sterile insect techniques

Yongjun Li^{1

2}, Luke Anthony Baton³, Dongjing Zhang⁴, Jérémy Bouyer^{5

6}, Andrew G Parker⁵, Ary A Hoffmann⁷, Lee Ching Ng^{8

9}, Cheong Huat Tan⁸, Zhiyong Xi^{10

11

12}

Affiliations

¹ Guangzhou Wolbaki Biotech Co., Ltd, Guangzhou, China.
² Lingnan Statistical Science Research Institute, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou, China.
³ Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA.
⁴ Key Laboratory of Tropical Disease Control of the Ministry of Education, Sun Yat-sen University-Michigan State University Joint Center of Vector Control for Tropical Diseases, Zhongshan School of Medicine, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China.
⁵ Insect Pest Control Sub-programme, Joint FAO/IAEA Programme of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture, Vienna International Centre, Vienna, Austria.
⁶ Unité Mixte de Recherche ASTRE, CIRAD, INRA, Univ Montpellier, Montpellier, France.
⁷ Bio21 Institute, School of BioSciences, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
⁸ Environmental Health Institute, National Environment Agency, Singapore, Singapore.
⁹ School of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological Institute, Singapore, Singapore.
¹⁰ Guangzhou Wolbaki Biotech Co., Ltd, Guangzhou, China. xizy@msu.edu.
¹¹ Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA. xizy@msu.edu.
¹² Key Laboratory of Tropical Disease Control of the Ministry of Education, Sun Yat-sen University-Michigan State University Joint Center of Vector Control for Tropical Diseases, Zhongshan School of Medicine, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China. xizy@msu.edu.

Comment

Yongjun Li et al. Nature. 2021 Feb.

. 2021 Feb;590(7844):E3-E5.

doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-03165-9.

Yongjun Li^{1

2}, Luke Anthony Baton³, Dongjing Zhang⁴, Jérémy Bouyer^{5

6}, Andrew G Parker⁵, Ary A Hoffmann⁷, Lee Ching Ng^{8

9}, Cheong Huat Tan⁸, Zhiyong Xi^{10

11

12}

¹ Guangzhou Wolbaki Biotech Co., Ltd, Guangzhou, China.
² Lingnan Statistical Science Research Institute, Guangzhou University, Guangzhou, China.
³ Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA.
⁴ Key Laboratory of Tropical Disease Control of the Ministry of Education, Sun Yat-sen University-Michigan State University Joint Center of Vector Control for Tropical Diseases, Zhongshan School of Medicine, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China.
⁵ Insect Pest Control Sub-programme, Joint FAO/IAEA Programme of Nuclear Techniques in Food and Agriculture, Vienna International Centre, Vienna, Austria.
⁶ Unité Mixte de Recherche ASTRE, CIRAD, INRA, Univ Montpellier, Montpellier, France.
⁷ Bio21 Institute, School of BioSciences, University of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
⁸ Environmental Health Institute, National Environment Agency, Singapore, Singapore.
⁹ School of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological Institute, Singapore, Singapore.
¹⁰ Guangzhou Wolbaki Biotech Co., Ltd, Guangzhou, China. xizy@msu.edu.
¹¹ Department of Microbiology and Molecular Genetics, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA. xizy@msu.edu.
¹² Key Laboratory of Tropical Disease Control of the Ministry of Education, Sun Yat-sen University-Michigan State University Joint Center of Vector Control for Tropical Diseases, Zhongshan School of Medicine, Sun Yat-Sen University, Guangzhou, China. xizy@msu.edu.

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Comment on

Issues with combining incompatible and sterile insect techniques.
Moretti R, Calvitti M. Moretti R, et al. Nature. 2021 Feb;590(7844):E1-E2. doi: 10.1038/s41586-020-03164-w. Epub 2021 Feb 3. Nature. 2021. PMID: 33536643 No abstract available.

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