About the Authors

Guoliang Fu

guoliang.fu@genefirst.com (GF); luke.alphey@oxitec.com (LA)

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

Andrea Miles

Affiliation Oxitec Limited, Oxford, United Kingdom

Luke Alphey

guoliang.fu@genefirst.com (GF); luke.alphey@oxitec.com (LA)

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

Competing Interests

The authors have read the journal's policy and have the following conflicts: GF, AM and LA are employees of Oxitec Ltd; LA has equity interest in Oxitec Ltd; MPA is covered by pending patents (PCT/GB2009/001897, PCT/GB2010/001053, GB1017978.6) owned by Oxitec Ltd. 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: GF LA. Performed the experiments: GF AM. Analyzed the data: GF AM LA. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: GF. Wrote the paper: GF AM LA.