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by ses1984 2213 days ago
"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.
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I don't see how that could work. Clearly some mosquitoes are going to be resistant to the modification and will survive.
I could explain it but not as well as if you just search for crispr gene drive.