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gene drive  

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Phenomenon of biased inheritance in which the prevalence of a genetic element (natural or synthetic) or specific alternate form of a gene (allele) is increased, even in the presence of some fitness cost. This leads to the preferential increase of a specific genotype that may determine a specific phenotype from one generation to the next and potentially spread throughout a population. In other words, a gene drive is a process that promotes or favors the biased inheritance of certain genes from generation to generation. Source: Alphey et al. (2020) [https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2020417117]
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http://data.loterre.fr/ark:/67375/BLH-BHC9ZGGD-Q

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