About the Authors
- Gregory S. Simmons
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* E-mail: gregory.s.simmons@aphis.usda.gov
Affiliations Animal Plant Health and Inspection Service, Plant Protection and Quarantine, Centers for Plant Health Science and Technology, United States Department of Agriculture, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America, Animal Plant Health and Inspection Service, Plant Protection and Quarantine, Centers for Plant Health Science and Technology, United States Department of Agriculture, Moss Landing, California, United States of America
- Andrew R. McKemey
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Affiliation Oxitec Limited, Oxford, United Kingdom
- Neil I. Morrison
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Affiliation Oxitec Limited, Oxford, United Kingdom
- Sinead O'Connell
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Affiliation Oxitec Limited, Oxford, United Kingdom
- Bruce E. Tabashnik
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Affiliation Department of Entomology, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, United States of America
- John Claus
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Affiliation Animal Plant Health and Inspection Service, Plant Protection and Quarantine, Centers for Plant Health Science and Technology, United States Department of Agriculture, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
- Guoliang Fu
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Affiliation Oxitec Limited, Oxford, United Kingdom
- Guolei Tang
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Affiliation Animal Plant Health and Inspection Service, Plant Protection and Quarantine, Centers for Plant Health Science and Technology, United States Department of Agriculture, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
- Mickey Sledge
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Affiliation Animal Plant Health and Inspection Service, Plant Protection and Quarantine, Centers for Plant Health Science and Technology, United States Department of Agriculture, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
- Adam S. Walker
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Affiliation Oxitec Limited, Oxford, United Kingdom
- Caroline E. Phillips
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Affiliation Oxitec Limited, Oxford, United Kingdom
- Ernie D. Miller
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Affiliation Animal Plant Health and Inspection Service, Plant Protection and Quarantine, Centers for Plant Health Science and Technology, United States Department of Agriculture, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
- Robert I. Rose
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Affiliation Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
- Robert T. Staten
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Affiliation Animal Plant Health and Inspection Service, Plant Protection and Quarantine, Centers for Plant Health Science and Technology, United States Department of Agriculture, Phoenix, Arizona, United States of America
- Christl A. Donnelly
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Affiliation Medical Research Council Centre for Outbreak Analysis and Modelling, Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology, Faculty of Medicine, Imperial College London, St Mary's Campus, London, United Kingdom
- Luke Alphey
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Affiliations Oxitec Limited, Oxford, United Kingdom, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom
Competing Interests
Those authors affiliated to Oxitec Limited (as noted in the author list) are or were employees of this company, which therefore provided salary and other support for the research program; these authors also have shares or share options in Oxitec Ltd. This does not alter the authors' adherence to all the PLoS ONE policies on sharing data and materials.
Author Contributions
Conceived and designed the experiments: GS LA BT RS EM NM AM. Performed the experiments: GS NM SO JC GT MS AW CP. Analyzed the data: CD AM GS. Contributed reagents/materials/analysis tools: EM. Wrote the paper: LA NM GS. Made the DNA constructs: GF. Microinjected DNA to create the engineered pink bollworm line: JC. Generated a homozygous colony of the OX1138B strain: NM SO. Provided regulatory advice: RR.