From: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/24/science/gene-drive-mosquitoes-malaria.html http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/24/science/gene-drive-mosquit... Because almo

From: http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/24/science/gene-drive-mosquitoes-malaria.html http://www.nytimes.com/2015/11/24/science/gene-drive-mosquit... Because almost all the progeny carry the new genes, instead of just 50 percent as would be expected by Mendel’s laws of genetics, the inserted genes are expected to spread rapidly and take over a wild population in as few as 10 generations, or a single season. A large region, at least in principle, could be freed from malaria, which kills almost 600,000 people a year."