Is it time for Synthetic Biodiversity Conservation?

Evidence indicates that, despite some critical successes, current conservation approaches are not slowing the overall rate of biodiversity loss. The field of synthetic biology, which is capable of altering natural genomes with extremely precise editing, might offer the potential to resolve some intr...

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Main Authors: Piaggio, A, Segelbacher, G, Seddon, P, Alphey, L, Bennett, E, Carlson, R, Friedman, R, Kanavy, D, Phelan, R, Redford, K, Rosales, M, Slobodian, L, Wheeler, K
Format: Journal article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016