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Alternatively, can we nudge evolution in a desirable direction so that the disease spreading capabilities of modern mosquito's are surpassed by a new species th
by hayksaakian 12y ago
Alternatively, can we nudge evolution in a desirable direction so that the disease spreading capabilities of modern mosquito's are surpassed by a new species that serves the same ecological role without spreading disease?
- aestra 12y agoImpossible. Even if we could nobody knows the full extent of the ecological role of mosquitos. When you are talking about ecology there are too many variables to know them all.
- JoeAltmaier 12y agoNature lost species all the time throughout history, and the world survived. I'd say, there are so many variables that the ecosystem can surely adapt to the loss of any particular species.
- fowl2 12y agoyeah everything will adapt, but it still might be worse /for us/
- Natsu 12y agoIt's hard to see how as long as we're talking about mosquitoes. We're not talking about putting the Earth through anything like these: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extinction_event http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Extinction_event
- aestra 12y agoJesus. Nobody said nature wouldn't adapt. I'm saying that there WILL BE unintended consequences. That are unknown.
- im3w1l 12y agoOr we could breed GMO mosquitoes that are the same as ordinary mosquitoes except they have somehow been made inhospitable for malaria.