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by jnhnum1 3865 days ago
Exactly. So suppose at some generation, the fraction of mosquitoes with the modified trait is p (and the unmodified fraction is 1 - p), and suppose that all mosquitoes are equally fit.

A random child in the next generation will have the modified trait if: (a) both its parents are modified. This happens with probability p^2 (b) with probability .995 if one of its parents are modified. This happens with probability 2p(1-p), for a total probability of 1.99p(1-p).

Overall, the fraction of modified mosquitoes in the next generation will have p^2 + 1.99p(1-p).

Plotting this versus the identity function (http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=%7Bp%2C+p%5E2+%2B+0.995...), we see that this will increase monotonically to p = 1 (all mosquitoes have the modified trait).