<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto">Thanks for sharing, Josh.<div><br></div><div>Another article (shared below) also includes Esvelt’s regret for introducing the idea of CRISPR for invasive species control, but adds his newest theory on daisy drives, which is interesting. </div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/11/new-zealand-predator-free-2050-rats-gene-drive-ruh-roh/546011/">https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2017/11/new-zealand-predator-free-2050-rats-gene-drive-ruh-roh/546011/</a><br><br><div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1475251403513_120081"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span style="background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"><b>Jenn Truong</b> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1475251403513_120087"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><br></p></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in 0in 0.0001pt;"><span class="MsoHyperlink" style="text-decoration: underline; background-color: rgba(255, 255, 255, 0);"></span></p></div><div><br>On Nov 19, 2017, at 1:14 PM, J.M. Rudder <<a href="mailto:jmrudder@earthlink.net">jmrudder@earthlink.net</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=us-ascii"><meta name="Generator" content="Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)"><style><!--
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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--><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"><br></p></div></blockquote></div></body></html>