Chun-Hong Chen and colleagues (2007)designed a new gene that would carry a strong selective advantage and confer the resistance to malaria on free-living mosquitoes.The gene was termed Medea,and this acronym stands for which of the following?
A) Maternal-effect depleted embryonic activation
B) Maternal-effect dominant embryonic activation
C) Maternal-effect deleterious embryonic arrest
D) Maternal-effect dominant embryonic arrest

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Medea stands for Maternal-effect dominant embryonic arrest, which is a genetic system designed to spread specific genes through populations.

Chun-Hong Chen and Colleagues (2007)designed a New Gene That Would