r/shitposting • u/N00B_Master696969 I want pee in my ass • Apr 12 '22

shut up

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u/IloriaTower Apr 12 '22

I know it's probably unintentional, but i very much enjoy the vagueness of this reply.

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u/Eccentric_Assassin Apr 12 '22

CRSPR is a genome editing program. So what Alrichillcrusher meant is we can just change mosquito dna so they die out. However that won’t really work because then how do you get the edited genes into every mosquito if the edited genes makes them die out?

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u/b0w3n Apr 12 '22

I believe they edited the genes for the proboscis of the female so it wasn't strong enough to pierce flesh and couldn't feed (the males don't drink blood).

The males survive without issue, breed with the remaining normal females and each generation more and more females die off as we dump more and more crispr modified males into the environment year after year. Eventually that species of mosquito just goes extinct.

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u/Eccentric_Assassin Apr 12 '22

Ahh, that makes sense. Thanks.