CRISPR/Cas9-based genedrive could suppress agricultural pests ncstate PNASNews
NC State researchers used a florescent protein to mark the genetic changes to spotted-wing Drosophila. Credit: Max Scott, NC State University
The NC State researchers developed dual CRISPR gene drive systems that targeted a specific D. suzukii gene called doublesex, which is important for sexual development in the flies. CRISPR stands for"clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats" and Cas9 is an enzyme that performs like molecular scissors to cut DNA.
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