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Can we do similar like we did wit regard to mosquitos where we capture a bunch, crisper the dna so offspring is infertile, and introduce a big batch back in to
by w-ll 4y ago
Can we do similar like we did wit regard to mosquitos where we capture a bunch, crisper the dna so offspring is infertile, and introduce a big batch back in to spread the gene?
- TheSpiceIsLife 4y agoYes https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-01186-6 https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-021-01186-6
- bradfitz 4y agoI think the parent comment was familiar with that and was asking whether we could also do the same for these fish.
- TheSpiceIsLife 4y agoObvious now, not real sure how I misunderstood.
- rib3ye 4y agoThis sounds like the origin story for Child of Men.
- w-ll 4y agoSuch a great movie. But i've thought and talked about this at the level of a genie with 3 wish's, and you know genies love to do un predictable things with your wish. Im still saying, if i could make a wish snap my fingers, i'd make it so lion fish and/or mosquitos passed a generational mutation that makes them not able reproduce.
- bart_spoon 4y agoI've always wondered how this is supposed to work. It seems like it would cause a drop in the population for the 2nd generation, but then the population would bounce back afterwards because the gene edited mosquitos would have died off. Is the plan to continuously release them into the wild to persist the number of offspring being born that can't produce offspring?