Fantastic! "A fully fertile mosquito strain that produces 95% male offspring"
http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/06/140610112455.htm?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+sciencedaily%2Fplants_animals+%28Plants+%26+Animals+News+--+ScienceDaily%29 … #Anopheles #GMO #FTW #malaria #humans
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Replying to @dyctiostelium
@dyctiostelium@slightlylate although I understand the need to fight malaria, this sounds like a bad idea.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @mchaste
@mchaste@dyctiostelium I can think of no reason why you'd say that without data to back it up. Mosquitoes kill more humans than humans.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @slightlylate
@slightlylate@dyctiostelium i know, but i still do think intervening through GE is a very dangerous path.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
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Replying to @dyctiostelium
@dyctiostelium@slightlylate well, wiping out an entire sub-species of insects sounds pretty radical to me.1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @mchaste
@mchaste@slightlylate You said "intervening through GE dangerous". Now I'm curious if you're against the ends or the means. And why :)1 reply 1 retweet 1 like -
Replying to @dyctiostelium
@dyctiostelium@slightlylate the means for sure. I think it's human arrogance to alter DNA of mosquitos to wipe them out with no way back3 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @mchaste
@mchaste@slightlylate Humans are a species too, and we fight organisms harmful to us with the means that we have. Like intelligence.2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes -
Replying to @dyctiostelium
@dyctiostelium@slightlylate As you state it, it's simply 'kill or be killed'. Doesn't include a lot of intelligence in my view.1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
@mchaste : Do ypi believe the lives of humans are worth more than insects? If not, why not? /cc @dyctiostelium
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Replying to @slightlylate
@slightlylate@dyctiostelium no I don’t really. And this is more than killing insects. This is interferring in an ecosystem0 replies 0 retweets 0 likesThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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