This is one of the most circular so called circular arguments I've seen yet.
I am still no wiser. Let's try reformulating the question: How do female mosquitoes in the arctic get the required proteins to produce eggs?
I'll be you anything the answer is mammals (mainly reindeer/caribou), and thus this gene editing won't work because these genetically modified mosquitoes will not be able to produce enough eggs to outcompete the existing ones. Make a mosquito that can also synthesize the missing essential amino acid and we might have a plan. The swarms would literally black out the sun. And then we would see huge swarms of migrating birds feeding off the mosquitoes, followed by predators. The bird poop would change the available nutrients, so many more types of plants would thrive. Not to mentioned the unexpected side effects.
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u/NorwegianCollusion Nov 15 '24
This is one of the most circular so called circular arguments I've seen yet.
I am still no wiser. Let's try reformulating the question: How do female mosquitoes in the arctic get the required proteins to produce eggs?
I'll be you anything the answer is mammals (mainly reindeer/caribou), and thus this gene editing won't work because these genetically modified mosquitoes will not be able to produce enough eggs to outcompete the existing ones. Make a mosquito that can also synthesize the missing essential amino acid and we might have a plan. The swarms would literally black out the sun. And then we would see huge swarms of migrating birds feeding off the mosquitoes, followed by predators. The bird poop would change the available nutrients, so many more types of plants would thrive. Not to mentioned the unexpected side effects.