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We need to eradicate human biting mosquito species (which are only a tiny fraction of mosquito species) with release of sterile mates like we do with some other
by Modified3019 2y ago
We need to eradicate human biting mosquito species (which are only a tiny fraction of mosquito species) with release of sterile mates like we do with some other pests.
- SoftTalker 2y agoLife finds a way.
- beached_whale 2y agoThey are doing something similar in central/south american to keep livestock from getting infected with screwworms
- jncfhnb 2y agoThe experiments trying to do that failed
- Eric_WVGG 2y agoHm. That's a bummer. https://biosafety-info.net/articles/agriculture-organisms/insectsmicroorganisms/cayman-islands-abandons-failed-gm-mosquito-project/ https://biosafety-info.net/articles/agriculture-organisms/in... https://theprint.in/science/gm-mosquito-experiment-to-reduce-dengue-causing-species-in-brazil-fails/292943/ https://theprint.in/science/gm-mosquito-experiment-to-reduce...
- coryrc 2y agoThose ones aren't the "males only have male children" ones I've heard about before. The strategy these employ seems to require regular infusions like the screwfly to be effective and they didn't plan that.