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Single gene editing in the eggs of invasive cane toads has produced "super-cannibal" hatchlings unable to metamorphose beyond tadpoles.
Could these Peter Pan tadpoles eat enough eggs of other cane toads to control the exploding population?
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www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Could these Peter Pan tadpoles eat enough eggs of other cane toads to control the exploding population?
🧪🐸
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Scientists have birthed a ‘super cannibal’ that never grows up. Could it be key to combating Australia’s cane toad menace?
There’s quiet optimism that gene-edited ‘Peter Pan’ tadpoles could help control one of the world’s worst invasive species
www.theguardian.com
April 28, 2025 at 12:36 PM
Single gene editing in the eggs of invasive cane toads has produced "super-cannibal" hatchlings unable to metamorphose beyond tadpoles.
Could these Peter Pan tadpoles eat enough eggs of other cane toads to control the exploding population?
🧪🐸
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Could these Peter Pan tadpoles eat enough eggs of other cane toads to control the exploding population?
🧪🐸
www.theguardian.com/environment/...