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We should think bigger: gene drive to eradicate ticks.

• deleted 3y ago
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• jncfhnb 3y ago
  The effort with mosquitos didn’t work. Forcing a gene with negative impact on survivability is touch
  • ed_balls 3y ago
    mosquitos are hard, but with ticks there are a few different vectors of attack. My understanding is that ticks first need to bite a rodent that is infected to spread Lyme, so maybe gene editing on rodents?
  • coryrc 3y ago
    Where has it actually been tried?
    • jncfhnb 3y ago
      Google it. They released female mosquitos with a bad gene and they almost immediately got selected out.