gene drive
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gene drives
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Genetics. a natural or technologically engineered process increasing the likelihood that a particular allele will be inherited, causing it to spread quickly throughout the population of a species.
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Genetics. the natural or synthetic genetic element that causes this inheritance bias.
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But given its life-saving potential, malaria may well prove the first frontier for a real-world gene drive scenario.
From National Geographic ● Jan. 29, 2024
The study also hinted that a gene drive could reduce, if not eliminate, a viral population.
From Science Magazine ● Dec. 14, 2023
Walter plans future experiments in animal models, hoping to show whether a gene drive can suppress a chronic HSV-1 infection enough to prevent reactivation and disease.
From Science Magazine ● Dec. 14, 2023
But soon after fertilization, the nuclease cuts the DNA sequence on the other chromosome from the parent that did not carry the gene at the precise location of the gene drive.
From Scientific American ● Jan. 13, 2023
And in 2015 researchers at the University of California, San Diego, created a lab-based gene drive in the innocuous vinegar flies Drosophila that simply made all the flies’ eyes turn yellow.
From Scientific American ● Jan. 13, 2023
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