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Leftwich, Philip T. 
ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9500-6592, Spurgin, Lewis G., Harvey-Samuel, Tim, Thomas, Callum J. E., Paladino, Leonela Carabajal, Edgington, Matthew P. and Alphey, Luke
(2021)
Genetic pest management and the background genetics of release strains.
Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences, 376 (1818).
ISSN 0962-8436
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Abstract
Genetic pest management (GPM) methods involve releasing modified versions of a pest species to mate with wild pests in the target area. Proposed for a wide range of applications in public health, agriculture and conservation, most progress has been made with pest insects. Offspring of the released modified insects and wild pests carry the modification—which might be transgenes, artificially introduced Wolbachia or genetic damage from radiation, for example—but they also carry a complete haploid genome from their laboratory-reared parent, as well as one from their wild parent. Unless these F1 hybrids are completely unable to reproduce, further mating will lead to introgression of DNA sequences from the release strain into the wild population. We discuss issues around strain selection and the potential consequences of such introgression. We conclude that such introgression is probably harmless in almost all circumstances, and could, in theory, provide specific additional benefits to the release programme. We outline population monitoring approaches that could be used, going forward, to determine how background genetics may affect GPM.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | aedes aegypti,gene flow,introgression,population genetics,release of insects carrying a dominant lethal,sterile-insect technique,biochemistry, genetics and molecular biology(all),agricultural and biological sciences(all),sdg 3 - good health and well-being ,/dk/atira/pure/subjectarea/asjc/1300 |
| Faculty \ School: | Faculty of Science > School of Biological Sciences |
| UEA Research Groups: | Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Organisms and the Environment Faculty of Science > Research Groups > Biosciences Teaching and Education Research |
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| Depositing User: | LivePure Connector |
| Date Deposited: | 06 Jan 2021 00:59 |
| Last Modified: | 14 May 2023 00:43 |
| URI: | https://ueaeprints.uea.ac.uk/id/eprint/78052 |
| DOI: | 10.1098/rstb.2019.0805 |
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