Transgenic Organisms, Cas9 Gene Drives, and Appropriate Safeguards
Type
Blog Post
Published
May 22, 2015, 4:58 p.m.
...Populations: I. Cage Studies of Chromosome Replacement by Compound Autosomes in Drosophila melanogaster. ...heterozygotes, the endonuclease cuts the wild-type chromosome and its own gene is used as a repair template.... For example, Drosophila lines with compound autosomes are completely infertile when mated to wild fruit...which would represent proof positive that at least some scientists could not be trusted to handle such a...