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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Georgia",serif'>Invasive animals are more of a clear field target for CRISPR than invasive plants at present, but it is not difficult to foresee its use in commercial horticulture.<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Georgia",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Georgia",serif'>A quotation to ruminate upon:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Georgia",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Georgia",serif'>“The kind of gene drive that is invasive and self-propagating is in many ways the equivalent of an invasive species.”<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Georgia",serif'>-Kevin Esvelt<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Georgia",serif'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/16/science/gene-drives-crispr.html?action=click&contentCollection=science®ion=rank&module=package&version=highlights&contentPlacement=6&pgtype=sectionfront&_r=0">https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/16/science/gene-drives-crispr.html?action=click&contentCollection=science®ion=rank&module=package&version=highlights&contentPlacement=6&pgtype=sectionfront&_r=0</a><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Georgia",serif'>Josh Rudder<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>