According to this article, New Zealand has plans to use nematodes to spread a genetically-engineered biological control for possum overpopulation. The technology would make females infertile by prompting immunological attacks on their own eggs. A naturally-marked strain of the parasite will be released to study dispersal patterns into already-infected populations and test the feasability of this kind of containment strategy.
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