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Scientists Create Gene-Edited 'Peter Pan' Tadpoles That Could Control Invasive Cane Toads Through Cannibalism
Scientists in Australia have genetically modified invasive cane toad eggs to create “Peter Pan” tadpoles that never grow ...
Gene-edited 'Peter Pan' cane toad that never grows up created to eat its siblings, control invasive species
By removing a gene to stunt cane toads at their tadpole stage, scientists hope they may have found a way to make the invader ...
Cannibal tadpoles help Australia fight invasive species
Genetically modified, cannibal tadpoles may be the solution to Australia’s nearly century-old invasive cane toad problem.
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Here’s a simple solution to the cane toad invasion. And it costs just 66¢ a hectare
The cane toad containment zone is exploiting a naturally ... introducing South American cane toads to eat the beetles eating Queensland’s sugar cane. Dr Jodi Rowley, a lead scientist at the ...