[MAIPC] Yale E360 - Should Genetic Engineering Be Used as a Tool for Conservation?

[Jonathan Duffy]

It is a double edged sword and I adit to being conflicted on the subject.

Jonathan

> On Jul 20, 2017, at 7:06 PM, Steve Young <sly27 at cornell.edu> wrote:
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> Has anyone thought this all the way through? What happens when the target invasive species is eliminated? Usually, a new one takes its place. So, another gene drive is released? We know what has happened with kudzu and other plants that were introduced for their purported *benefits*.
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> Here is another article on the same topic specific to agricultural pest control that advocates for more discussion and guidelines before we charge full force ahead: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/wol1/doi/10.15252/embr.201744205/full <http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/wol1/doi/10.15252/embr.201744205/full>
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> I did think the quote “if we [conservationists] don’t do so [engage] it will be at our peril” from Mr. Conniff’s piece was pretty key.
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> Steve
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> From: MAIPC <maipc-bounces at lists.maipc.org> on behalf of Nathan Hartshorne <nshartshorne at gmail.com>
> Date: Thursday, July 20, 2017 at 4:24 PM
> To: Jonathan Duffy <jrd at kinlochfarm.com>
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> Subject: Re: [MAIPC] Yale E360 - Should Genetic Engineering Be Used as a Tool for Conservation?
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> I thought it was pretty good.  I think our field has a lot of people with expertise that could be useful in working on safe implementation, specifically those well-rehearsed in current bio-control, which has many of the same issues.
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> I don't think anyone should try these methods in a no-kill scenario.  One method is rarely enough.  All those Australian bunnies got the last laugh.
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> On Thu, Jul 20, 2017 at 1:53 PM, Jonathan Duffy <jrd at kinlochfarm.com <mailto:jrd at kinlochfarm.com>> wrote:
>> Food for thought…..
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>> Should Genetic Engineering Be Used as a Tool for Conservation?
>> By Richard Conniff
>> http://e360.yale.edu/features/should-new-genetic-engineering-be-used-as-a-conservation-tool <http://e360.yale.edu/features/should-new-genetic-engineering-be-used-as-a-conservation-tool>
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