Genetically modified mosquitoes breed in Brazil
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Re: Genetically modified mosquitoes breed in Brazil
#2Enough people said this was a bad idea to expect this outcome.
Re: Genetically modified mosquitoes breed in Brazil
#3The title is very misleading. "Strengthened" had nothing to do with the genetically modified genes. They released non-local mosquitoes that had been genetically modified, and because those mosquitoes bred with local mosquitoes (same species, just from a different location), the local mosquitoes now have a wider gene pool.
The wider gene pool is what the article is referring to as being "strengthened", not any observable difference.
Re: Genetically modified mosquitoes breed in Brazil
#4Enough people said this was a bad idea to expect this outcome.
Oh yeah, but they were so obviously anti-science!
Re: Genetically modified mosquitoes breed in Brazil
#5This page has some malicious ads on it that keep redirecting me to phishing sites (only on mobile Firefox apparently)
Re: Genetically modified mosquitoes breed in Brazil
#6If at first you don't succeed, you might want to watch Jurassic Park again
Re: Genetically modified mosquitoes breed in Brazil
#7Life finds a way, and more so when populations are huge and genomes are diverse. Not exactly a surprising result.
Maybe with another ten or twenty years of experience and technique in genome sequencing and interpretation we will be able to engineer a reliable gene drive.
Re: Genetically modified mosquitoes breed in Brazil
#8Enough people said this was a bad idea to expect this outcome.
There was a thread the other day with outright anger that we should be doing anything to curb Malaria, including these kind of tests.
Re: Genetically modified mosquitoes breed in Brazil
#9Life, uh, finds a way
Re: Genetically modified mosquitoes breed in Brazil
#10This page has some malicious ads on it that keep redirecting me to phishing sites (only on mobile Firefox apparently)
If you're using mobile FF why wouldn't you take advantage of its ability to use ad blockers?