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Unrelated facultative endosymbionts protect aphids against a fungal pathogen by Łukasik, Piotr, van Asch, Margriet, Guo, Huifang, Ferrari, Julia, Charles J. Godfray, H.

“…The importance of microbial facultative endosymbionts to insects is increasingly being recognized, but our understanding of how the fitness effects of…”
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Meat consumption, health, and the environment by Godfray, H Charles J, Aveyard, Paul, Garnett, Tara, Hall, Jim W, Key, Timothy J, Lorimer, Jamie, Pierrehumbert, Ray T, Scarborough, Peter, Springmann, Marco, Jebb, Susan A

“…Both the global average per capita consumption of meat and the total amount of meat consumed are rising, driven by increasing average individual incomes and by…”
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Food Security: The Challenge of Feeding 9 Billion People by Godfray, H. Charles J, Beddington, John R, Crute, Ian R, Haddad, Lawrence, Lawrence, David, Muir, James F, Pretty, Jules, Robinson, Sherman, Thomas, Sandy M, Toulmin, Camilla

“…Continuing population and consumption growth will mean that the global demand for food will increase for at least another 40 years. Growing competition for…”
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Modelling the suppression of a malaria vector using a CRISPR-Cas9 gene drive to reduce female fertility by North, Ace R, Burt, Austin, Godfray, H Charles J

“…Gene drives based on CRISPR-Cas9 technology are increasingly being considered as tools for reducing the capacity of mosquito populations to transmit malaria,…”
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Modelling the potential of genetic control of malaria mosquitoes at national scale by North, Ace R, Burt, Austin, Godfray, H Charles J

“…The persistence of malaria in large parts of sub-Saharan Africa has motivated the development of novel tools to complement existing control programmes,…”
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Horizontally Transmitted Symbionts and Host Colonization of Ecological Niches by Henry, Lee M., Peccoud, Jean, Simon, Jean-Christophe, Hadfield, Jarrod D., Maiden, Martin J.C., Ferrari, Julia, Godfray, H. Charles J.

“…Facultative or “secondary” symbionts are common in eukaryotes, particularly insects. While not essential for host survival, they often provide significant…”
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A restatement of the natural science evidence base concerning neonicotinoid insecticides and insect pollinators by Godfray, H. Charles J., Blacquière, Tjeerd, Field, Linda M., Hails, Rosemary S., Petrokofsky, Gillian, Potts, Simon G., Raine, Nigel E., Vanbergen, Adam J., McLean, Angela R.

“…There is evidence that in Europe and North America many species of pollinators are in decline, both in abundance and distribution. Although there is a long…”
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Pathway to Deployment of Gene Drive Mosquitoes as a Potential Biocontrol Tool for Elimination of Malaria in Sub-Saharan Africa: Recommendations of a Scientific Working Group by James, Stephanie, Collins, Frank H, Welkhoff, Philip A, Emerson, Claudia, Godfray, H Charles J, Gottlieb, Michael, Greenwood, Brian, Lindsay, Steve W, Mbogo, Charles M, Okumu, Fredros O, Quemada, Hector, Savadogo, Moussa, Singh, Jerome A, Tountas, Karen H, Touré, Yeya T

“…Gene drive technology offers the promise for a high-impact, cost-effective, and durable method to control malaria transmission that would make a significant…”
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THE IMPORTANCE OF MOSQUITO BEHAVIOURAL ADAPTATIONS TO MALARIA CONTROL IN AFRICA by Gatton, Michelle L., Chitnis, Nakul, Churcher, Thomas, Donnelly, Martin J., Ghani, Azra C., Godfray, H. Charles J., Gould, Fred, Hastings, Ian, Marshall, John, Ranson, Hilary, Rowland, Mark, Shaman, Jeff, Lindsay, Steve W.

“…Over the past decade the use of long-lasting insecticidal nets (LLINs), in combination with improved drug therapies, indoor residual spraying (IRS), and better…”
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Opportunities to produce food from substantially less land by Godfray, H Charles J, Poore, Joseph, Ritchie, Hannah

“…The vast majority of the food we eat comes from land-based agriculture, but recent technological advances in agriculture and food technology offer the prospect…”
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How driving endonuclease genes can be used to combat pests and disease vectors by Godfray, H Charles J, North, Ace, Burt, Austin

“…Driving endonuclease genes (DEGs) spread through a population by a non-Mendelian mechanism. In a heterozygote, the protein encoded by a DEG causes a…”
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A restatement of the natural science evidence base concerning the health effects of low-level ionizing radiation by McLean, Angela R., Adlen, Ella K., Cardis, Elisabeth, Elliott, Alex, Goodhead, Dudley T., Harms-Ringdahl, Mats, Hendry, Jolyon H., Hoskin, Peter, Jeggo, Penny A., Mackay, David J. C., Muirhead, Colin R., Shepherd, John, Shore, Roy E., Thomas, Geraldine A., Wakeford, Richard, Godfray, H. Charles J.

“…Exposure to ionizing radiation is ubiquitous, and it is well established that moderate and high doses cause ill-health and can be lethal. The health effects of…”
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Requirements for effective malaria control with homing endonuclease genes by Deredec, Anne, Godfray, H. Charles J, Burt, Austin

“…Malaria continues to impose a substantial burden on human health. We have previously proposed that biological approaches to control the mosquito vector of…”
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The diversity and fitness effects of infection with facultative endosymbionts in the grain aphid, Sitobion avenae by Łukasik, Piotr, Dawid, Maciej A., Ferrari, Julia, Godfray, H. Charles J.

“…Mutualisms with facultative, non-essential heritable microorganisms influence the biology of many insects, and they can have major effects on insect host…”
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The potential of gene drives in malaria vector species to control malaria in African environments by Hancock, Penelope A., North, Ace, Leach, Adrian W., Winskill, Peter, Ghani, Azra C., Godfray, H. Charles J., Burt, Austin, Mumford, John D.

“…Gene drives are a promising means of malaria control with the potential to cause sustained reductions in transmission. In real environments, however, their…”
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Insect symbionts in food webs by McLean, Ailsa H. C., Parker, Benjamin J., Hrček, Jan, Henry, Lee M., Godfray, H. Charles J.

“…Recent research has shown that the bacterial endosymbionts of insects are abundant and diverse, and that they have numerous different effects on their hosts'…”
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Wolbachia stimulates immune gene expression and inhibits plasmodium development in Anopheles gambiae by Kambris, Zakaria, Blagborough, Andrew M, Pinto, Sofia B, Blagrove, Marcus S C, Godfray, H Charles J, Sinden, Robert E, Sinkins, Steven P

“…The over-replicating wMelPop strain of the endosymbiont Wolbachia pipientis has recently been shown to be capable of inducing immune upregulation and…”
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Spermless males elicit large-scale female responses to mating in the malaria mosquito Anopheles gambiae by Thailayil, Janis, Magnusson, Kalle, Godfray, H. Charles J, Crisanti, Andrea, Catteruccia, Flaminia

“…Anopheles gambiae sensu stricto is the major vector of malaria, a disease with devastating consequences for human health. Given the constant spread of the…”
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Managing nitrogen to restore water quality in China by Yu, ChaoQing, Huang, Xiao, Chen, Han, Godfray, H. Charles J., Wright, Jonathon S., Hall, Jim W., Gong, Peng, Ni, ShaoQiang, Qiao, ShengChao, Huang, GuoRui, Xiao, YuChen, Zhang, Jie, Feng, Zhao, Ju, XiaoTang, Ciais, Philippe, Stenseth, Nils Chr, Hessen, Dag O., Sun, ZhanLi, Yu, Le, Cai, WenJia, Fu, HaoHuan, Huang, XiaoMeng, Zhang, Chi, Liu, HongBin, Taylor, James

“…The nitrogen cycle has been radically changed by human activities 1 . China consumes nearly one third of the world’s nitrogen fertilizers. The excessive…”
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Host Plant Determines the Population Size of an Obligate Symbiont (Buchnera aphidicola) in Aphids by Zhang, Yuan-Chen, Cao, Wen-Jie, Zhong, Le-Rong, Godfray, H Charles J, Liu, Xiang-Dong

“…Buchnera aphidicolais an obligate endosymbiont that provides aphids with several essential nutrients. Though much is known about aphid-Buchnera interactions,…”
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