Sentences with phrase «through wild populations»

It did not begin to seriously discuss the risks associated with using the approach to engineer genes that could quickly spread through wild populations — known as gene drives — until after experiments demonstrating the concept in fruit flies had been published in a peer - reviewed journal (V. M. Gantz & E. Bier Science 348,442 — 444; 2015).

Gene drives spreading through wild populations would not respect international boundaries, so they might run afoul of international treaties, such as the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety that governs cross-border movement of genetically engineered organisms.

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Maui Nui Venison, a sustainable operation based in Hawaii, harvests wild Axis Deer on the islands of Maui and Moloka'i to keep the invasive species populations under control, and through partners like Nicky USA, provides this truly wild protein to consumers.

Back then, few scientists had caught more than a fleeting glimpse of a forest elephant in the wild; they extrapolated populations by counting dung piles along paths the creatures carved through the underbrush.

This, Esvelt says, «could solve the problem but would of course spread through the entire wild population itself.»

NCCs spread through the embryo as it develops, and directly or indirectly affect a range of other functions, from the adrenal gland, which controls the fear response, to pigmentation, which can differ between domesticated and wild populations.

Controlling populations in the wild through genetic manipulation; roundup of daily news with David Grimm.

To try to tease out the relationship between social rank, stress, and health, Altmann teamed up with Elizabeth Archie, a behavioral ecologist at the University of Notre Dame in South Bend, Indiana, and Susan Alberts, a behavioral ecologist at Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, to analyze data collected from 1982 through 2009 in the Amboseli region of Kenya, home to a large population of wild baboons.

It turns out that within five to 11 generations of fish (about 25 to 50 years), the foreign genes introduced into wild populations through hybridization are removed by natural selection.

Since then, the U.S. and Mexican governments have worked to rebuild a genetically viable population through captive breeding and reintroducing wolves to the wild.

Still, the apparent benefits of resistance may not be big enough to help the gene spread through a population in the wild, where not all the hosts are infected, says co-author Jason Rasgon.

This enables the spread of specified genetic alterations through targeted wild populations over many generations.

Ancient DNA allows tracking of past population histories through time, accessing the gene pools of wild animals predating domestication and exploring genetic variation that has been lost in extant populations.

Humans have been altering animals and plants through selective breeding for millennia; but, because these changes typically reduce the capacity for survival and reproduction in the wild, they do not spread to wild populations.

Because gene drives could rapidly propagate novel DNA through an entire population in the wild, they could be used, proponents say, to eradicate marauders such as the cane toads overrunning Australia.

Project MEOW is an all - volunteer, animal welfare group that helps West Philadelphia residents to humanely reduce their feral and stray cat populations through Trap, Neuter and Return (TNR) of un-owned stray and feral (wild) cats.

Thousands of volunteers and animal welfare groups throughout the country stepped forward in the early 1990s to control the wild cat population through mass sterilization programs.

The San Miguel population, which was once the most endangered, made such a strong recovery through the captive breeding programme, and the wild population was doing so well, that all releasable individuals were returned to the wild in July 2007.

Through the efforts of many organizations and individuals, reintroduction of California condors began in 1992 and now has a population of over 230 animals living in the wild.

Does your dream adventure consist of witnessing the magnificent herds of wildebeest stampeding through the Serengeti, are you in search of rare encounters with Africa's largest elephant population in Chobe, or catching remarkable glimpses of wild gorillas as you trek through their natural habitats in Rwanda?

ar Cry 5 takes players on a wild romp through Montana, where a fictional, Branch Davidian - like cult has taken control of the local population.

As they gazed out over the great island that had lost its forests two thousand years ago, and looked out over the sea whose wild tuna fish populations have been diminished by 96 %, and enjoyed the fresh air that now contained 385 ppm of CO2, and maybe more, and at night looked at the stars through a thinned ozone layer they must wonder what went wrong.

This data set displays 29 Tx2 Tiger Conservation Landscapes (Tx2 TCLs), defined areas that could double the wild tiger population through proper conservation and management by 2020.

While local populations may rely on the flesh of gorillas and other wild animals for subsistence, bushmeat also has been exploited for commercial purposes through illegal hunting.