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RE: The Quest for A Total Annihilation of the Killer Mosquitoes
Great article! What I don't understand from it is: how a sterile mosquito can pass its genes to next generation, so that next generation is sterile too?
OK, I actually found the answer myself in the sources - you constantly release sterile males over a period of time equal to couple of generations. As the ratio of sterile to fertile eggs is roughly equal to ratio of sterile to fertile males, you quickly get decrease in the numbers of numbers of the insect. The key seems to be to use this method over all affected area, so you don't get migrations from non-treated regions.
I'm glad you finally got the answer, sorry for the late response.