The potential for a CRISPR gene drive to eradicate or suppress globally invasive social wasps
October 2020
Publication: The potential for a CRISPR gene drive to eradicate or suppress globally invasive social wasps
Author(s): Philip J. Lester, Mariana Bulgarella, James W. Baty, Peter K. Dearden, Joseph Guhlin and John M. Kean
CRISPR gene drives have potential for widespread and cost-efcient pest control, but are highly controversial. We examined a potential gene drive targeting spermatogenesis to control the invasive common wasp (Vespula vulgaris) in New Zealand.