Homing Endonucleases and genetic control
PI(s): Adelman, Zach N
Investigators: Anderson, Michelle, Traver, Brenna
Abstract: This project aims to determine the potential for the selfish genes called homing endonucleases to serve as a method of dispersing and fixing genes into natural mosquito populations that reduce the vector competence of mosquitoes to transmit pathogens, such as the causative agents of dengue fever and malaria.
Description:
This project represents a genetic control strategy which aims to determine the potential for the selfish genes called "homing endonucleases" to serve as a method of dispersing and fixing genes that eliminate the vector competence of mosquitoes, such as the causative agents of dengue fever and malaria, into natural mosquito populations.
Commodities:
Resources: Med & Vet Entomology Lab , Fralin Insectary
Disciplines: Genetics, Medical and Veterinary
Audiences: Graduate Students, Prospective Students, Researchers, Undergraduates
