Opinion: Is CRISPR-based gene drive a biocontrol silver bullet or global conservation threat?

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America

Volumn 112, Issue 34, 2015, Pages 10565-10567

  Webber, Bruce L ^a,b   Raghu, S ^a   Edwards, Owain R ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

SILVER;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL PEST CONTROL; BULLET; CLUSTERED REGULARLY INTERSPACED SHORT PALINDROMIC REPEAT; COMMUNITY DYNAMICS; CONSERVATION BIOLOGY; HUMAN; INVASIVE SPECIES; NONHUMAN; POPULATION DISPERSAL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SPECIES EXTINCTION; TARGET ORGANISM; THREAT; ANIMAL; GENE THERAPY; INTRODUCED SPECIES;

ANIMALS; CLUSTERED REGULARLY INTERSPACED SHORT PALINDROMIC REPEATS; GENETIC THERAPY; INTRODUCED SPECIES;

EID: 84940556654     PISSN: 00278424     EISSN: 10916490     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1514258112     Document Type: Article

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