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Somehow I expect that releasing such a death gene would just breed a race of mosquitos that is immune to the death gene...



Well, yes - it would be the other existing species of mosquitoes. But that would be mission-accomplished if those other species don't happen to be malarial vectors. Carrying malaria is not a necessary thing for mosquitoes to do in Africa, they don't need to spread malaria to humans in order to survive and reproduce.


I wasn't clear enough. I meant a race of the malaria-carrying species.




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