There was an attempt to control the population of Zika-carrying mosquitoes in Brazil by introducing supposedly sterile GM mosquitoes. The GM mosquitoes ended up breeding [0]. I'm all for killing them all, but it doesn't seem easy.
> However, it was already known from previous laboratory experiments that a small proportion of about three to four percent of OX513A descendants can reach adulthood;
It was flawed from the beginning. The attempt got basically the exact result one would expect, and was reasonably successful in reducing the mosquito population. It was just not good enough.
It was flawed from the beginning. The attempt got basically the exact result one would expect, and was reasonably successful in reducing the mosquito population. It was just not good enough.