DNA ‘edit’ that could wipe out grey invaders
DNA ‘edit’ that could wipe out grey invaders
Tags: Biodiversity/Conservation, Gene drive synthetic, RodentsLevy, A., Scottish Daily Mail, 2020.
It is the big, brash invasive species whose advance has left the native red squirrel clinging on for survival in areas where once it thrived.
But the march of the grey squirrel could be halted by a ‘gene drive’, say researchers at the laboratory responsible for Dolly the sheep.