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But natural populations of mosquitoes probably number in millions/billions and the don't have the mutation. How can you release a handful of lab mosquitoes int
by raducu 7y ago
But natural populations of mosquitoes probably number in millions/billions and the don't have the mutation.
How can you release a handful of lab mosquitoes into the wild and reduce the population by 90%?
Shouldn't only their descendants die?
- nmca 7y agoIndeed a germline modification to produce only male offspring would do it. Children of men, and all that.
- Accujack 7y agoThey're turning the moths gay!
- Enginerrrd 7y ago>Shouldn't only their descendants die? You are in for an exciting and sort of terrifying read: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_drive https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_drive