Building an eDNA surveillance toolkit for invasive rodents on islands: can we detect wild-type and gene drive Mus musculus?
The development of a method that detects both wild-type M. musculus and a gene drive M. musculus (t<sub>CRISPR</sub>) from environmental samples expands the utility of environmental DNA. This method provides a tool that can immediately be deployed for invasive wild M. musculus management across the world. This is a proof-of-concept that a genetic biocontrol construct could be monitored using environmental samples.
Authors
- David Will (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5885-6790)
- Nick D. Holmes (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1740-2404)
- Luke Gierus (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3152-9682)
- Antoinette J. Piaggio (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4701-0746)
- Neil J. Gemmell (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0671-3637)
- Daniel R. Taylor
- Paul Q. Thomas (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5002-5770)
Institutions
- The Nature Conservancy (US)
- Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (US)
- South Australian Health and Medical Research Institute (AU)
- National Wildlife Research Center
- The University of Adelaide (AU)
- University of Otago (NZ)
Publication Details
- Journal
- BMC Biology
- Published
- 2024-11-15
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.1186/s12915-024-02063-0
- Citations
- 4
- Primary Topic
- Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 1.84
Funders
- David and Lucile Packard Foundation
- U.S. Department of Agriculture
- Government of South Australia
- Australian Government
- National Wildlife Research Center