Saturday, March 17, 2012
Birth Control For Insects: Genetically Engineered Mosquitoes in the Florida Keys?
Leszek.Leszczynski/CC BY 1.0Today, the Florida Keys Mosquito Control District, is holding a meeting about potential trials involving the release of genetically modified male mosquitoes into the delicate ecosystem of the Florida Keys. The stated purpose of the trials is to investigate controlling the spread of dengue fever.The company behind the technology, British firm Oxitec, explains that sterile males would be released to
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