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‘Gene drives’ could wipe out whole populations of pests in one fell swoop
Pest species are not news to continental Australia: animals either deliberately introduced or brought here accidentally by boat have wreaked havoc for decades. Gene driving is a technique that aims to humanely spread a “faulty” gene through a population and triggers population collapse. Environment Institute Researchers Thomas Prowse, Phillip Cassey, Talia Wittmann and Paul Thomas suggests this […]
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Tagged CRISPR, gene driving, Paul Thomas, Phill Cassey, Proceedings of the Royal Society B, Professor Phill Cassey, Talia Whittmann, Thomas Prowse
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