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Gene drive technologies for ecosystem conservation: Use with care!

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By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Journal of Engineering -- Scientists working in the vanguard of new genetic technologies have issued a cautionary call to ensure that possible applications in conservation will only affect local populations. In an article publishing 16 November in the open access journal PLOS Biology, Neil Gemmell from the University of Otago, New Zealand, and Kevin Esvelt of MIT examine the possible consequences of the accidental spread of existing self-propagating gene drive systems.

New Zealand is considering genetic technologies to help eliminate rats, mice, stoats and possums. A gene drive system promotes the inheritance of a particular genetic variant to …

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(2017-12-04), Gene drive technologies for ecosystem conservation: Use with care!, Journal of Engineering, 627, ISSN: 1945-872X, BUTTER® ID: 014798017

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