About the Authors
- Roya Elaine Haghighat-Khah
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Current address: Department of Biological Sciences, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
Affiliations Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, Oxitec Limited, Oxford, United Kingdom
- Sarah Scaife
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Affiliation Oxitec Limited, Oxford, United Kingdom
- Sara Martins
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Current address: Department of Biological Sciences, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
Affiliations Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, Oxitec Limited, Oxford, United Kingdom
- Oliver St John
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Affiliations Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, Oxitec Limited, Oxford, United Kingdom
- Kelly Jean Matzen
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* E-mail: luke.alphey@pirbright.ac.uk (LA); kelly.matzen@oxitec.com (KJM)
Affiliation Oxitec Limited, Oxford, United Kingdom
- Neil Morrison
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Affiliation Oxitec Limited, Oxford, United Kingdom
- Luke Alphey
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* E-mail: luke.alphey@pirbright.ac.uk (LA); kelly.matzen@oxitec.com (KJM)
Current address: Pirbright Institute, Woking, United Kingdom
Affiliations Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, Oxitec Limited, Oxford, United Kingdom
Competing Interests
Those authors affiliated with Oxitec Ltd. are or have been employees or students of this company. Oxitec supplied salary and other support for the research program. Also, some of these authors have shares or share options in Oxitec Ltd. This does not alter the authors' adherence to PLOS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: REH-K SM OS SS LA. Performed the experiments: REH-K SM OS SS. Analyzed the data: REH-K SM OS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: SS KJM NM LA REH-K. Wrote the paper: REH-K LA. Edited the paper: SM SS REH-K KJM NM LA.