» ideas, instincts, and intuitions: Creepy genetic engineering technology makes species auto destruct.
via george. totally wild. a brilliant strategy for killing the elegant but odious mosquito or a roll of the dice on evolutionary mayhem?
These soldiers are the first of a new kind of creature - “autocidal” maniacs genetically modified to wipe out their own kind without harming other creatures. The first animals being targeted with these “living pesticides” are disease-carrying mosquitoes and crop-munching caterpillars, but the…
(Source: newscientist.com, via georgevaldes)