[jon_elbrook]

Releasing sterile mosquitoes wouldn't eliminate the ones that carry disease. that's basically the opposite of natural selection.

[ses1984]

"sterile" is an over simplification, with something called gene drive, you can actually introduce sterility into the gene pool in such a way that spreads through the entire population driving it to extinction. Crazy.

[jon_elbrook]

I don't see how that could work. Clearly some mosquitoes are going to be resistant to the modification and will survive.

[ses1984]

I could explain it but not as well as if you just search for crispr gene drive.