"Crispr has been used to design mosquitoes that produce infertile offspring. If those mosquitoes were released into the wild, the species could become extinct." So, should we try now to make them extinct? https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/27/opinion/sunday/mosquitoes-malaria-zika-history.html …
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#1. As I think about this (potential hazards befalling the environment following mozzie extinction) consider, we probably have no idea how much mozzies pass on & transfer beneficial immune elements like beneficial viruses (an almost completely ignored phenomenon) or ....
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#2. Or (continued) DNA adaptation transferred horizontally across both inter & intra-species. And the more I consider it the more I think mammals in general could have unknowingly benefited from this cross contamination for eons.
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Most mosquitos in the US are invasive anyway...
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In that case, it seems more reasonable.
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It's the "may" that is concerning
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One less species today - another tomorrow - then we can all go camping

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