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It's my understanding that the gene-edited mosquito trials have largely failed, since after a few generations the female mosquitos evolved to avoid the gene-edi

It's my understanding that the gene-edited mosquito trials have largely failed, since after a few generations the female mosquitos evolved to avoid the gene-edited males.

positr0n 2y ago
Wow bummer, do you have a good link about that? Screw worms are controlled very successfully this way, although they are sterilized via radiation not genetic modification. I wonder if that makes a difference. Sorry to ask you for a link and use a YouTube video as my source but it's the best I got right now: https://youtu.be/Olj8arvfYj4 https://youtu.be/Olj8arvfYj4
- _yb2s 2y ago
  Releasing sterilized male mosquitos into the environment also works very well, but is of course not gene drive, and you have to keep doing it to keep populations low.
  - positr0n 2y ago
    Oh ok I thought that's what OP was referring to.