About the Authors
- Irka Bargielowski
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* E-mail: irka.bargielowski06@imperial.ac.uk
Affiliations Faculty of Natural Sciences, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom, Oxitec Limited, Oxford, United Kingdom
- Luke Alphey
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Affiliations Oxitec Limited, Oxford, United Kingdom, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
- Jacob C. Koella
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Affiliation Faculty of Natural Sciences, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
Competing Interests
The authors have the following competing interests. The research described in this paper was conducted as part of a BBSRC/CASE funded PhD (IB) with Oxitec Ltd as the industrial partner. The genetically modified line of Aedes aegypti used in the experiments is a product of Oxitec Ltd and contains patented technology owned in part by Oxitec Ltd. Oxitec Ltd also supported this study through the employment of LA and the CASE studentship of IB. Oxitec uses patented technology in the product OX513A. Specific details will be made available upon request. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials, as detailed online in the guide for authors.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: IB LA JCK. Performed the experiments: IB. Analyzed the data: IB LA JCK. Wrote the paper: IB LA JCK.