A sustainable synthetic biology approach for the control of the invasive golden mussel (Limnoperna fortunei)
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Carlos Chagas Filho Biophysics Institute, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
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Bio Bureau Biotecnologia, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil
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Department of Science and Technological Innovation, Universitá del Piemonte Orientale Amedeo Avogadro, Alessandria, Italy
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Department of Life Sciences, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom
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CTG Brasil, São Paulo, SP, Brasil
- Published
- Accepted
- Subject Areas
- Biodiversity, Conservation Biology, Molecular Biology, Synthetic Biology, Environmental Impacts
- Keywords
- Golden mussel, Limnoperna fortunei, Synthetic biology, Gene drive, Biological invasion, CRISPR-Cas9, South America, Business Model Canvas
- Copyright
- © 2018 Rebelo et al.
- Licence
- This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, reproduction and adaptation in any medium and for any purpose provided that it is properly attributed. For attribution, the original author(s), title, publication source (PeerJ Preprints) and either DOI or URL of the article must be cited.
- Cite this article
- 2018. A sustainable synthetic biology approach for the control of the invasive golden mussel (Limnoperna fortunei) PeerJ Preprints 6:e27164v1 https://doi.org/10.7287/peerj.preprints.27164v1
Abstract
The recent development of the CRISPR-Cas9-based gene drive has created the conditions to seriously consider this technology to solve one of the major environmental challenges in biodiversity conservation i.e. the control of invasive species. There is no efficient control method for golden mussel infestation available so far. Here we discuss the technical and economic feasibility of using a synthetic biology based approach to fight and control the invasive mussel Limnoperna fortunei in South American rivers and reservoirs.
Author Comment
This is a preprint submission to PeerJ Preprints.