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Mosquitoes engineered to pass down genes that would wipe out their species
- greenyoda 11y ago"Eliminating mosquitoes is more likely to alter ecosystems compared with approaches that equip the insects with malaria resistance, Esvelt says." Since we don't know what effects wiping out this entire species of mosquito might have on the other species further up the food chain whose lives may depend on it, couldn't taking this kind of drastic action be potentially disastrous?