Wednesday, August 26, 2020

750 Million Genetically Modified Mosquitoes Will Be Released in the Florida Keys

Good news! Very clever!



"The strain of GM mosquitoes, known as OX513A, is an altered form of Aedes aegypti created by UK-based biotech firm Oxitec. Released mosquitoes will be all male, as male mosquitoes do not bite and generally only feed on nectar. Thanks to a conditionally lethal genetic variant, when OX513A mosquitoes mate with wild females, their offspring should die before they are old enough for females to begin biting"



750 Million GM Mosquitoes Will Be Released in the Florida Keys | The Scientist Magazine® There have been no reports of health or environmental harm in other locations where genetically modified mosquitoes have been introduced over the last decade.

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