First synthesize new viruses then regulate their release? The case of the wild rabbit

Molecular Ecology

Volumn 11, Issue 12, 2002, Pages 2703-2709

  Angulo, Elena ^a,b   Cooke, B ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CONSERVATION BIOLOGY   (Spain)

^b INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIÓN EN RECURSOS CINEGÉTICOS IREC CSIC UCLM JCCM   (Spain)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Conservation; GMO; Myxomatosis; Oryctolagus cuniculus; Rabbit haemorrhagic disease; Wild rabbit

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; AUSTRALIA; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ECOLOGY; HEMORRHAGIC DISEASE VIRUS, RABBIT; MYXOMA VIRUS; ORGANISMS, GENETICALLY MODIFIED; PEST CONTROL, BIOLOGICAL; RABBITS; SPAIN;

MYXOMA VIRUS; ORYCTOLAGUS CUNICULUS;

EID: 0036897724     PISSN: 09621083     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-294X.2002.01635.x     Document Type: Review

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