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Mosquitos are evolving resistance to the CRISPR/gene drive technique

Accepted submission by Anonymous Coward at 2017-02-10 00:30:24
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Recently touted as a solution for mosquito borne illnesses [soylentnews.org] like zika, dengue and chikayunga - gene driving mosquito populations to infertility isn't work out so great in the wild.

http://www.nature.com/news/gene-drives-thwarted-by-emergence-of-resistant-organisms-1.21397 [nature.com]


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