Self-limiting population suppression gene drive design in the West Nile vector mosquito, Culex quinquefasciatus

The research reported in this manuscript was supported by Zhejiang University, Key Laboratory of Biology of Crop Pathogen and Insects of Zhejiang Province, College of Agricultural and Biotechnology, China; by Shenzhen Bay laboratory, Shenzhen, China; and by the Center for Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China.

X.F. discloses support for the research of this work from the National Natural Science Foundation of China [grant number 82202559], Zhejiang Province Science Foundation [grant number MS25C140016]. F.L. discloses support for publication of this work from the National Natural Science Foundation of China [grant number 82372289]. J.C. discloses support for the research of this work from the National Natural Science Foundation of China [grant number 32270672].

1. These authors contributed equally: Xuechun Feng, Jinying Ding.

Authors and Affiliations

1. Key Laboratory of Biology of Crop Pathogens and Insects of Zhejiang Province, College of Agricultural and Biotechnology, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, China

   Xuechun Feng & Xue-xin Chen

2. Institute of Infectious Diseases, Shenzhen Bay Laboratory, Shenzhen, China

   Xuechun Feng, Jinying Ding & Feng Liu

3. Shenzhen Medical Academy of Research and Translation(SMART), Shenzhen, China

   Jinying Ding

4. Westlake University, Hangzhou, China

   Jinying Ding

5. Center for Bioinformatics, School of Life Sciences, Center for Life Sciences, Peking University, Beijing, China

   Yiran Liu & Jackson Champer

6. Center for Infectious Diseases, Department of Epidemiology, Human Genetics, and Environmental Sciences, School of Public Health, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX, USA

   Victor Lopez del Amo

7. Section of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA

   Valentino M. Gantz

8. Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Infection Immunity and Inflammation, Shenzhen, China

   Feng Liu

Corresponding authors

Correspondence to
Xuechun Feng, Jackson Champer or Feng Liu.

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The authors declare no competing interests.

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