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BREAKING!! What could possibly go wrong? Genetically modified mosquitoes to be released in Florida
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[quote:Sneetch:MV8yMDczNTY5XzM0OTA0MzM5X0VCRTZGOTM5] Nothing could go wrong, don't worry, our scientists fully understand the limits and effects of genetic modification. :ohyeah: [/quote]
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Hundreds of thousands of genetically modified mosquitoes set to be released into the Florida Keys in experiment to fight dengue fever
-The non-biting male mosquitoes genetically modified would pass along a birth defect killing their progeny before reaching maturity
-After a few generations officials say Key West's Aedes aegypti population would die off reducing risk of dengue fever
-FL Keys Mosquito Control District: Modified genes will disappear after mosquitoes carrying it die making no permanent change to wild population
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