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RE: Long Live the Mosquito: Cautioning Against Deliberate Extinctions
How do we get rid of just the 100 species without increasing the damage Monsanto techniques are already causing?
Trust me, I'm a doctor.
Targeted extinctions would be accomplished by releasing sterile males en masse or genetically engineering mosquitoes to produce mostly male offspring.
Engineered mosquitoes for sure, the gene-drive stuff is highly specific and controllable. Sterile males are an option, but they're rather ineffective over the long term (as compared to using them to control screwflies) - I'd have to brush up on the specifics, but it has to do with the population size, balance, lifecyle, ability to do brood gender selection, and economics.