| Title |
Towards the genetic control of invasive species
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|---|---|
| Published in |
Biological Invasions, February 2017
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| DOI | 10.1007/s10530-017-1384-6 |
| Pubmed ID | |
| Authors |
Tim Harvey-Samuel, Thomas Ant, Luke Alphey |
| Abstract |
Invasive species remain one of the greatest threats to global biodiversity. Their control would be enhanced through the development of more effective and sustainable pest management strategies. Recently, a novel form of genetic pest management (GPM) has been developed in which the mating behaviour of insect pests is exploited to introduce genetically engineered DNA sequences into wild conspecific populations. These 'transgenes' work in one or more ways to reduce the damage caused by a particular pest, for example reducing its density, or its ability to vector disease. Although currently being developed for use against economically important insect pests, these technologies would be highly appropriate for application against invasive species that threaten biodiversity. Importantly, these technologies have begun to advance in scope beyond insects to vertebrates, which include some of the world's worst invasives. Here we review the current state of this rapidly progressing field and, using an established set of eradication criteria, discuss the characteristics which make GPM technologies suitable for application against invasive pests. |
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| Country | Count | As % |
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| United Kingdom | 2 | 17% |
| New Zealand | 2 | 17% |
| Sweden | 1 | 8% |
| Morocco | 1 | 8% |
| Unknown | 6 | 50% |
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| Members of the public | 10 | 83% |
| Scientists | 2 | 17% |
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| Country | Count | As % |
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| United Kingdom | 1 | <1% |
| Unknown | 236 | 100% |
Demographic breakdown
| Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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| Student > Bachelor | 45 | 19% |
| Student > Ph. D. Student | 36 | 15% |
| Researcher | 33 | 14% |
| Student > Master | 29 | 12% |
| Other | 14 | 6% |
| Other | 33 | 14% |
| Unknown | 47 | 20% |
| Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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| Agricultural and Biological Sciences | 99 | 42% |
| Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology | 35 | 15% |
| Environmental Science | 29 | 12% |
| Chemistry | 3 | 1% |
| Medicine and Dentistry | 3 | 1% |
| Other | 18 | 8% |
| Unknown | 50 | 21% |
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