About the Authors
- Marco Salvemini
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* E-mail: marco.salvemini@unina.it
Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences – Section of Genetics and Molecular Biology, University of Naples “Federico II”, Naples, Italy
- Rocco D'Amato
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Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences – Section of Genetics and Molecular Biology, University of Naples “Federico II”, Naples, Italy
- Valeria Petrella
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Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences – Section of Genetics and Molecular Biology, University of Naples “Federico II”, Naples, Italy
- Serena Aceto
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Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences – Section of Genetics and Molecular Biology, University of Naples “Federico II”, Naples, Italy
- Derric Nimmo
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Affiliation Oxitec Limited, Oxford, United Kingdom
- Marco Neira
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Affiliation Oxitec Limited, Oxford, United Kingdom
- Luke Alphey
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Affiliations Oxitec Limited, Oxford, United Kingdom, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
- Lino C. Polito
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Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences – Section of Genetics and Molecular Biology, University of Naples “Federico II”, Naples, Italy
- Giuseppe Saccone
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Affiliation Department of Biological Sciences – Section of Genetics and Molecular Biology, University of Naples “Federico II”, Naples, Italy
Competing Interests
The authors Derric Nimmo, Marco Neira and Luke Alphey are employees of Oxitec Ltd. and have employment and equity interest in Oxitec. Oxitec and the University of Naples “Federico II” hold intellectual property related to the subject matter of this paper. All other authors declare no interest. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Designed research: MS GS. Performed the molecular cloning experiments, the developmental expression analyses and in silico analyses: MS. Performed Sa. cyaneus cloning experiments and helped with molecular biology experiments: RD. Performed Ae. aegypti intron analysis and helped with molecular biology experiments: VP. Performed phylogenetic and molecular evolutionary analyses: SA. Helped with molecular biology experiments: DN MN. Analyzed and discussed data: MS RD VP SA DN MN LA LCP GS. Read and approved the final manuscript: MS RD VP SA DN MN LA LCP GS. Wrote the paper: MS SA LA GS.