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... Acronyms APHIS Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service Cas9 CRISPR associated protein 9 CERCLA Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act CRISPR Clustered regularly-interspaced short palindromic repeats DNA deoxyribonucleic acid EA environmental assessment EIS environmental impact statement EPA US Environmental Protection Agency FDA US Food and Drug Administration FIFRA Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act GMM genetically modified mosquito GMO genetically modified organism gRNA guide ribonucleic acid HDR homology directed repair HEG homing endonuclease gene HGT horizontal gene transfer IACUC Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee IBC Institutional Biosafety Committee LMO living modified organism Medea Maternal-effect dominant embryonic arrest NEPA National Environmental Policy Act NGS next generation sequencing NHEJ non-homologous end joining NIH National Institutes of Health NRC National Research Council NSABB National Science Advisory Board for Biodefense OSTP Office of Science and Technology Policy PAM protospacer adjacent motif RAC Recombinant DNA Advisory Committee RCRA Resource Conservation and Recovery Act rDNA recombinant DNA RIDL release of insects with dominant lethality RNAi RNA interference RRM relative risk model SD Segregation Distorter SIT sterile insect technique SOP standard operating procedure TALEN Transcription activator-like effector nuclease TPP target product profile TSCA Toxic Substances Control Act USDA US Department of Agriculture USFWS US Fish and Wildlife Service WHO World Health Organization ZFN zinc finger nuclease 187 

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