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Releasing sterile mosquitoes wouldn't eliminate the ones that carry disease. that's basically the opposite of natural selection.
by jon_elbrook 6y ago
Releasing sterile mosquitoes wouldn't eliminate the ones that carry disease. that's basically the opposite of natural selection.
- ses1984 6y ago"sterile" is an over simplification, with something called gene drive, you can actually introduce sterility into the gene pool in such a way that spreads through the entire population driving it to extinction. Crazy.
- jon_elbrook 6y agoI don't see how that could work. Clearly some mosquitoes are going to be resistant to the modification and will survive.
- ses1984 6y agoI could explain it but not as well as if you just search for crispr gene drive.