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GENETIC TAKEDOWN

A field test in 2009 showed that released mosquitoes carrying lethal genes would mate and pass on the genes to offspring. Following a November release, researchers collected eggs to see how many hatched into larvae with the genes (top), marked by fluorescence (bottom).

Source: A. Harris et al/Nature Biotech. 2011 Credit: Courtesy of OXITEC

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