Keywords: fish population reversal ratio risk

Control of introduced species using Trojan sex chromosomes

S. Cotton and C. Wedekind,  Trends in Ecology & Evolution,  22:441-443. 2007.
To control introduced exotic species that have predominantly genetic, but environmentally reversible, sex determination (e.g. many species of fish), Gutierrez and Teem recently modeled the use of carriers of Trojan Y chromosomes - individuals who are phenotypically sex reversed ...
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