A Y chromosome-linked genome editor for efficient population suppression in the malaria vector Anopheles gambiae.

Authors: Tolosana, Ignacio, Willis, Katie, Gribble, Matthew, Phillimore, Lee, Burt, Austin, Nolan, Tony, Crisanti, Andrea, Bernardini, Federica

Source: Nature Communications; 1/2/2025, Vol. 16, p1-12, 12p

Subject Terms: LETHAL mutations, LIFE sciences, Y chromosome, FEMALE infertility, ANOPHELES gambiae, MOSQUITO control

Control of malaria-transmitting mosquitoes using gene drives

Authors: Nolan, Tony

Source: Philosophical Transactions: Biological Sciences, 2021 Feb . 376(1818), 1-6.

Access URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/26991693

Nuclease-based gene drives, an innovative tool for insect vector control: advantages and challenges of the technology

Authors: Quinn, Charlotte M, Nolan, Tony

Source: In Current Opinion in Insect Science June 2020 39:77-83

Gene drive for population genetic control : non-functional resistance and parental effects

Authors: Beaghton, Andrea K., Hammond, Andrew, Nolan, Tony, Crisanti, Andrea, Burt, Austin

Source: Proceedings: Biological Sciences, 2019 Nov 01. 286(1914), 1-8.

Access URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/26844894

Detecting the population dynamics of an autosomal sex ratio distorter transgene in malaria vector mosquitoes

Authors: Pollegioni, Paola, North, Ace R., Persampieri, Tania, Bucci, Alessandro, Minuz, Roxana L., Groneberg, David Alexander, Nolan, Tony, Papathanos, Philippos‐Aris, Crisanti, Andrea, Müller, Ruth, Elderd, Bret

Source: Journal of applied ecology. 57(10):2086-2096

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Toward the Definition of Efficacy and Safety Criteria for Advancing Gene Drive-Modified Mosquitoes to Field Testing

Authors: James, Stephanie L., Marshall, John M., Christophides, George K., Okumu, Fredros O., Nolan, Tony

Source: VECTOR BORNE AND ZOONOTIC DISEASES. 20(4):237-251

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Homing gene drives can transfer rapidly between Anopheles gambiae strains with minimal carryover of flanking sequences.

Authors: Pescod, Poppy, Bevivino, Giulia, Anthousi, Amalia, Shepherd, Josephine, Shelton, Ruth, Lombardo, Fabrizio, Nolan, Tony

Source: Nature Communications; 8/10/2024, Vol. 15 Issue 1, p1-12, 12p

Subject Terms: ANOPHELES gambiae, MEIOTIC drive, DNA repair, GENETIC transformation, MALARIA prevention, DOUBLE-strand DNA breaks

CRISPR/Cas9-mediated mutation of nicotinic acetylcholine receptor (nAChR) α subunit confers moderate levels of resistance to spinosad and imidacloprid in the natural predator Coccinella septempunctata without fitness cost.

Authors: Xingkai Guo, Lisheng Zhang, Mengqing Wang, Yuyan Li, Zhongjian Shen, Nolan, Tony, Jianjun Mao

Source: Entomologia Generalis; 2024, Vol. 44 Issue 4, p1059-1067, 9p

Subject Terms: NICOTINIC acetylcholine receptors, LADYBUGS, SEVEN-spotted ladybug, BIOLOGICAL insecticides, PEST control, IMIDACLOPRID

Introgression of a synthetic sex ratio distortion system from Anopheles gambiae into Anopheles arabiensis

Authors: Bernardini, Federica, Kriezis, Antonios, Galizi, Roberto, Nolan, Tony, Crisanti, Andrea

Source: Scientific reports. 9(1):1-8

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High-resolution transcriptional profiling of Anopheles gambiae spermatogenesis reveals mechanisms of sex chromosome regulation

Authors: Taxiarchi, Chrysanthi, Kranjc, Nace, Kriezis, Antonios, Kyrou, Kyros, Bernardini, Federica, Russell, Steven, Nolan, Tony, Crisanti, Andrea, Galizi, Roberto

Source: Scientific reports. 9(1):1-12

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Making genome editing a success story in Africa.

Authors: Abkallo, Hussein M., Arbuthnot, Patrick, Auer, Thomas O., Berger, Dave K., Burger, Johan, Chakauya, Ereck, Concordet, Jean-Paul, Diabate, Abdoulaye, Di Donato, Vincenzo, Groenewald, Jan-Hendrik, Guindo, Amadou, Koekemoer, Lizette L., Nazare, Florence, Nolan, Tony, Okumu, Fredros, Orefuwa, Emma, Paemka, Lily, Prieto-Godino, Lucia, Runo, Steven, Sadler, Marie

Source: Nature Biotechnology; Apr2024, Vol. 42 Issue 4, p551-554, 4p

Toward Anopheles Transformation: Minos Element Activity in Anopheline Cells and Embryos

Authors: Catteruccia, Flaminia, Nolan, Tony, Blass, Claudia, Muller, Hans-Michael, Crisanti, Andrea, Kafatos, Fotis C., Loukeris, Thanasis G.

Source: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2000 Feb . 97(5), 2157-2162.

Access URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/122012

The Anopheles FBN9 immune factor mediates Plasmodium species-specific defense through transgenic fat body expression

Authors: Simões, Maria L., Dong, Yuemei, Hammond, Andrew, Hall, Ann, Crisanti, Andrea, Nolan, Tony, Dimopoulos, George

Source: In Developmental and Comparative Immunology February 2017 67:257-265

Molecular tools and genetic markers for the generation of transgenic sexing strains in Anopheline mosquitoes

Authors: Bernardini, Federica, Haghighat-Khah, Roya, Galizi, Roberto, Hammond, Andrew, Nolan, Tony, Crisanti, Andrea

Source: Parasites & vectors. 11(2):5-12

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Radical remodeling of the Y chromosome in a recent radiation of malaria mosquitoes

Authors: Hall, Andrew Brantley, Papathanos, Philippos-Aris, Sharma, Atashi, Cheng, Changde, Akbari, Omar S., Assour, Lauren, Bergman, Nicholas H., Cagnetti, Alessia, Crisanti, Andrea, Dottorini, Tania, Fiorentini, Elisa, Galizi, Roberto, Hnath, Jonathan, Jiang, Xiaofang, Koren, Sergey, Nolan, Tony, Radune, Diane, Sharakhova, Maria V., Steele, Aaron, Timoshevskiy, Vladimir A., Windbichler, Nikolai, Zhang, Simo, Hahn, Matthew W., Phillippy, Adam M., Emrich, Scott J., Sharakhov, Igor V., Tu, Zhijian Jake, Besansky, Nora J.

Source: Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 2016 Apr 01. 113(15), E2114-E2123.

Access URL: https://www.jstor.org/stable/26469290

Male vitellogenin regulates gametogenesis through a testis‐enriched big protein in Chrysopa pallens.

Authors: Liu, Xiao‐ping, Liu, Chang‐yan, Feng, Yan‐jiao, Guo, Xing‐kai, Zhang, Li‐sheng, Wang, Meng‐qing, Li, Yu‐yan, Zeng, Fan‐rong, Nolan, Tony, Mao, Jian‐jun

Source: Insect Molecular Biology; Feb2024, Vol. 33 Issue 1, p17-28, 12p

Subject Terms: SPERMATOGENESIS, VITELLOGENINS, GAMETOGENESIS, SEMINAL proteins, GENE expression, MALES

Deciphering the olfactory repertoire of the tiger mosquito Aedes albopictus

Authors: Lombardo, Fabrizio, Salvemini, Marco, Fiorillo, Carmine, Nolan, Tony, Zwiebel, Laurence, Ribeiro, José, Arcà, Bruno

Source: BMC genomics. 18(1):1-23

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Rapid evolution of female-biased genes among four species of Anopheles malaria mosquitoes

Authors: Papa, Francesco, Windbichler, Nikolai, Waterhouse, Robert M., Cagnetti, Alessia, D Amato, Rocco, Persampieri, Tania, Lawniczak, Mara K. N., Nolan, Tony, Papathanos, Philippos Aris

Source: Genome research. 27(9):1536-1548

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Post-integration behavior of a Minos transposon in the malaria mosquito Anopheles stephensi.

Authors: Scali, Christina, Nolan, Tony, Sharakhov, Igor

Source: Molecular Genetics & Genomics; November 2007, Vol. 278 Issue 5, p575-584, 10p

Transcriptional variation of sensory-related genes in natural populations of Aedes albopictus

Authors: Gomulski, Ludvik M., Manni, Mosè, Carraretto, Davide, Nolan, Tony, Lawson, Daniel, Ribeiro, José M., Malacrida, Anna R., Gasperi, Giuliano

Source: BMC genomics. 21(1)

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