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ArticlebioRxiv : the preprint server for biology2023

A framework for identifying fertility gene targets for mammalian pest control.

Anna C Clark, Alana Alexander, Rey Edison, Kevin Esvelt, Sebastian Kamau, Ludovic Dutoit, Jackson Champer, Samuel E Champer, Philipp W Messer, Neil J Gemmell

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Article in bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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10 authors.

Anna C ClarkDepartment of Anatomy, School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Otago, 270 Great King Street, Central Dunedin, Dunedin 9016, New Zealand.
Alana AlexanderDepartment of Anatomy, School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Otago, 270 Great King Street, Central Dunedin, Dunedin 9016, New Zealand.
Rey EdisonMedia Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 75 Amherst St, Cambridge, United States.
Kevin EsveltMedia Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 75 Amherst St, Cambridge, United States.
Sebastian KamauMedia Laboratory, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 75 Amherst St, Cambridge, United States.
Ludovic DutoitDepartment of Zoology, University of Otago, 340 Great King Street, Dunedin 9016, New Zealand.
Jackson ChamperCenter for Bioinformatics, School of Life Sciences, Peking-Tsinghua Center for Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China.
Samuel E ChamperDepartment of Computational Biology, Cornell University, 102 Tower Rd, Ithaca, NY 14853, United States.
Philipp W MesserDepartment of Computational Biology, Cornell University, 102 Tower Rd, Ithaca, NY 14853, United States.
Neil J GemmellDepartment of Anatomy, School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Otago, 270 Great King Street, Central Dunedin, Dunedin 9016, New Zealand.

Funding

Evolutionary dynamics of CRISPR gene drives in natural populationsR01GM127418 · NIGMS · CORNELL UNIVERSITY · PI MESSER, PHILIPP W · 2018 to 2022
$1.6M
NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM127418
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Fertility-targeted gene drives have been proposed as an ethical genetic approach for managing wild populations of vertebrate pests for public health and conservation benefit.This manuscript introduces a framework to identify and evaluate target gene suitability based on biological gene function, gene expression, and results from mouse knockout models.This framework identified 16 genes essential for male fertility and 12 genes important for female fertility that may be feasible targets for mammalian gene drives and other non-drive genetic pest control technology. Further, a comparative genomics analysis demonstrates the conservation of the identified genes across several globally significant invasive mammals.In addition to providing important considerations for identifying candidate genes, our framework and the genes identified in this study may have utility in developing additional pest control tools such as wildlife contraceptives.

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female fertility genesgene conservationgene drive targetsidentification frameworkInvasive speciesmale fertility genespest control

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PMID37398071
PMCPMC10312551

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