Bier’s group previously exploited this mutation to develop a gene editing tool, called a gene drive, that reverted the mutated ion channel in a fruit fly model back to the wild type version. 2 Gene ...

Gene drives have the potential to change the genetic makeup of entire populations, like mosquitos that carry malaria. Produced by Hyacinth Empinado Zelenskyy ready to exchange presidency for peace ...

Now, the newly understood concept of gene drive, in which genetic elements can spread more rapidly than those following traditional Mendelian inheritance principles, may finally solve the problem.

As in the example of human diseases, genetically determined traits that would ordinarily be uncommon in the overall gene pool might crop up with distressing frequency in a small subset of that pool.

Before this study of labrador genetics, Dr Raffan said, "no one suspected that gene had anything to do with obesity". Natalie Wallis Dogs with this genetic predisposition need a strict diet and ...

Finally, the chances that their child will have two copies of the gene, and therefore sickle cell anemia, is also 25 percent. This situation is a stark example of genetic compromise, or an ...