About the Authors

Irka Bargielowski

irka.bargielowski06@imperial.ac.uk (IB); luke.alphey@oxitec.com (LA)

Affiliations Division of Biology, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom, Oxitec Limited, Oxford, United Kingdom

Derric Nimmo

Affiliation Oxitec Limited, Oxford, United Kingdom

Luke Alphey

irka.bargielowski06@imperial.ac.uk (IB); luke.alphey@oxitec.com (LA)

Affiliations Oxitec Limited, Oxford, United Kingdom, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom

Jacob C. Koella

Affiliation Division of Biology, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom

Competing Interests

This research was funded in part by Oxitec Limited. An employee of Oxitec Limited (LA) was involved in the study design. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.

Author Contributions

Conceived and designed the experiments: IB DN LA JCK. Performed the experiments: IB. Analyzed the data: IB DN LA JCK. Wrote the paper: IB DN LA JCK.