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> This method has successfully reduced native mosquito populations in Brazil by up to 85%, the researchers wrote. What’s the issue?
by cycrutchfield 5y ago
> This method has successfully reduced native mosquito populations in Brazil by up to 85%, the researchers wrote.
What’s the issue?
- hassancf 5y agoThis is the issue: <<But it is the unanticipated outcome that is concerning," Powell added. In fact, the genes that were passed on weren't the tweaked genes that were designed to kill and tag the mosquitoes but rather genes from the strains in Cuba and Mexico, according to Science magazine. The researchers also noted that this mixing of genes might have led to a "more robust population," perhaps one that would be better able to resist insecticides or transmit diseases, Science magazine reported. >> https://www.livescience.com/genetically-modified-mosquitoes-create-hybrids.html https://www.livescience.com/genetically-modified-mosquitoes-... In other words, something they didn’t expect happened. What else will happen that they did not expect?
- pvaldes 5y agoI would seriously doubt any claiming coming from Brazil in this context of anti-science aligned government and fake news scenery.