Open-air tests of self-destructing moths mark a new frontier for GMOs.

>>9025747
This is very dangerous and could cause moth extinction.

>>9025752
>an invasive species

>>9025762
>an invasive species
Oh, kill it off, it shouldn't be there anyway. :^)

>>9025762
Imo

The problem isnt any 1 species. If the gmo moths can successfully kill the entirety of the invasive species, so be it. The problem is the gene possibly being able to allow fertile, cross species moths we dont know anything about.

>>9025783
Who gives a fuck..

We should be doing massive gene drives to make mosquito extinct.

>>9025796
What about all the other creatures that eat mosquitos?

>>9025895
They can eat other small insects.

>>9025932
Would their be enough of those small insects.

Even setting other considerations aside, what about the risk of horizontal gene transfer? Isn't that non-zero?

And let's say an unforeseen consequence of their altered phenotype makes them able to outcompete and start to occupy the niches of other moth/butterfly species, since that's basically the idea here. Don't they already have a heightened sensitivity to pollution and climate change on the whole?

>>9026079
why would crispr make them more likely to "gene transfer"

If such insane things aren't happening already why would crispr edited organisms start them? Does CRISPR do something wierd which taints the entire animal?

The only thing so far is offsite mutations, that won't be enough to cause transfer or any sort of weird disease. Keep in mind we naturally have mutations and errors in our genes so it's not something new.

Synth bio or messing with diseases/bacteria/virus are far riskier than this.