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Mathematical modeling of genetic pest management through female-specific lethality: Is one locus better than two?

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EVOLUTIONARY APPLICATIONS
卷 14, 期 6, 页码 1612-1622

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WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/eva.13228

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eradication; female killing; mathematical modeling; multilocus; population genetics

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  1. NSF Division of Graduate Education [IGERT 1068676]
  2. NSF Division of Mathematical Sciences [RTG/DMS 1246991]
  3. National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases [1R01AI139085-01]
  4. NC State Drexel Endowment

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Research has shown that both single- and two-construct arrangements for genetic approaches to combat insect pests have their advantages, with the former resulting in faster initial population suppression and the latter eventually causing more powerful suppression and local elimination with a smaller release size.
Many novel genetic approaches are under development to combat insect pests. One genetic strategy aims to suppress or locally eliminate a species through large, repeated releases of genetically engineered strains that render female offspring unviable under field conditions. Strains with this female-killing characteristic have been developed either with all of the molecular components in a single construct or with the components in two constructs inserted at independently assorting loci. Strains with two constructs are typically considered to be only of value as research tools and for producing solely male offspring in rearing factories which are subsequently sterilized by radiation before release. A concern with the two-construct strains is that once released, the two constructs would become separated and therefore non-functional. The only female-killing strains that have been released in the field without sterilization are single-construct strains. Here, we use a population genetics model with density dependence to evaluate the relative effectiveness of female-killing approaches based on single- and two-construct arrangements. We find that, in general, the single-construct arrangement results in slightly faster population suppression, but the two-construct arrangement can eventually cause stronger suppression and cause local elimination with a smaller release size. Based on our results, there is no a priori reason that males carrying two independently segregating constructs need to be sterilized prior to release. In some cases, a fertile release would be more efficient for population suppression.

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