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Table 1 Classic gene drive system parameters

From: Population replacement gene drive characteristics for malaria elimination in a range of seasonal transmission settings: a modelling study

Parameter

Description

Default value

Range

d

Drive efficiency and transmission rate

1

0.9–1

u

Probability of resistance arising if drive transmission fails

0.5

lne

Probability of complete construct loss during homing

3E−4

sd

Fitness cost of target site disruption

0

sne

Fitness cost of complete construct expression

0

0–0.5

hd

Dominance coefficient for target site disruption

0.5

hne

Dominance coefficient for complete construct expression

0.5

hrc

Dominance coefficient for parasite refractoriness

1

rc

Homozygous degree of parasite refractoriness

1

0.5–1

rr0

Initial population target site resistance frequency

0

0–0.1

  1. All genetic parameters used in classic gene drive mosquito release simulations. Default values are representative of and consistent with other published works [31, 37, 54]. Default values for tested parameters (d, sne, rc, rr0) are used on accompanying website visualizations