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Sterilised male insects would then be introduced into the environment to mate with wild females.
The modified males then mate with wild females whose offspring die, reducing the population.
Some of these breeds would escape from their owners and mate with wild rock pigeons.
Ultimately, if enough of them are released to mate with wild mice, the entire population would become resistant.
Males of the species which are genetically engineered with the life-limiting gene are released into the wild and mate with wild females.
Scientists hope that the genetically modified males will mate with wild females to undercut the population of Aedes aegypti mosquitoes, the type that spread Zika through Brazil.
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Another strategy closer to becoming reality is to release transgenic mosquitoes that, when they mate with wild-type counterparts, don't produce viable offspring.
The transgenic oamb females carrying HS-GAL4 along with UAS-K3 or UAS-AS were subjected to heat shock at 37°C for 1 h (Figure 1, +HS) then allowed to mate with wild-type Canton S (CS) males at room temperature.
When FK males are released and mate with wild-type females, female offspring that inherit a single copy of the FK gene do not survive.
When the engineered aabb individuals are introduced into a wild population and mate with wild-type individuals, only five of the nine potential F2 genotypes are viable: AABB, AaBb, Aabb, aaBb, and aabb.
Transgenic males were therefore only able to mate with wild-type females and the fluorescence proportions recorded here are equal to twice the transgene allele frequency in the population [ 48].
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