Design / Assignment: Name a Gene Drive!
Read the assigned preprint titled: “Daisy Quorum Drives for the Genetic Restoration of Wild Populations” 

https://www.biorxiv.org/content/early/2017/03/21/115618.full.pdf+html

In your own words, please answer the questions below:

 

1. What is the purpose of “Daisy Quorum” gene drive?

 

 The purpose of "Daisy Quorum" is allow efficient, community-supported and genetically reversible ecological engineering. In other words, Daisy Quorum purposes a responsible use by allowing local communities to decide how to solve their own ecological problem.

 

 

2. What is your immediate emotional response after reading the preprint?

Let´s do it!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3. Describe a scenario, real or fictional (real-world is preferred), where you would deploy a technology such as “Daisy Quorum”.

 

Considering that Paraguay is the 6th biggest soybean producer, Sabrina and I thought about applying the Daisy quorum drive system to solve the insect infestation of soybean crops in our country. This concerning a socio-economic interest that could help improve the national agriculture yield.

 

4. What would you be concerned about if a neighboring country, or city, decided to deploy “Daisy Quorum” technology?

 

If a neighboring country decided to implement this technology, as scientists we know it went through a long stage to be approved and put into operation, so I am sure that the development of this technology will be as safe and ethical as possible.

 

 

5. Is the name “Daisy Quorum” intuitive to you? If you were to name the technology, what would you name it? Note: we may actually adopt your name in the final publication!

 

The name was not very intuitive to me, but once I read the paper I could understand why.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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