Targeting female flight for genetic control of mosquitoes

David Navarro-Payá; Ilona Flis; Michelle A. E. Anderson; Philippa Hawes; Ming Li; Omar S. Akbari; Sanjay Basu; Luke Alphey

doi:10.1371/journal.pntd.0008876

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Targeting female flight for genetic control of mosquitoes

David Navarro-Payá,

Roles Conceptualization, Formal analysis, Investigation, Writing – original draft, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Arthropod Genetics, The Pirbright Institute, Pirbright, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1623-3039

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Ilona Flis,

Roles Investigation, Writing – review & editing

Current address: Institute of Biodiversity, Animal Health and Comparative Medicine, University of Glasgow, Glasgow, United Kingdom

Affiliation Arthropod Genetics, The Pirbright Institute, Pirbright, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4869-557X

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Michelle A. E. Anderson,

Roles Investigation, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Arthropod Genetics, The Pirbright Institute, Pirbright, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1510-2942

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Philippa Hawes,

Roles Investigation, Methodology, Visualization, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Bioimaging, The Pirbright Institute, Pirbright, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4665-9663

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Ming Li,

Roles Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Cell and Developmental Biology Section, Division of Biological Sciences, University of California, San Diego, California, United States of America

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7578-4968

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Omar S. Akbari,

Roles Funding acquisition, Resources, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Cell and Developmental Biology Section, Division of Biological Sciences, University of California, San Diego, California, United States of America

https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6853-9884

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Sanjay Basu,

Roles Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

Affiliation Arthropod Genetics, The Pirbright Institute, Pirbright, United Kingdom

https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2098-7423

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Luke Alphey

Roles Conceptualization, Funding acquisition, Methodology, Supervision, Writing – review & editing

* E-mail: luke.alphey@pirbright.ac.uk

Affiliation Arthropod Genetics, The Pirbright Institute, Pirbright, United Kingdom
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Targeting female flight for genetic control of mosquitoes

David Navarro-Payá,
Ilona Flis,
Michelle A. E. Anderson,
Philippa Hawes,
Ming Li,
Omar S. Akbari,
Sanjay Basu,
Luke Alphey

Published: December 3, 2020
https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pntd.0008876

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