Mosquito Extinction Math

This is where mosquitoes breed so if we get rid of the places mosquitoes can reproduce we can get rid of more mosquitoes.

Mosquito extinction math. Of these thousands of mosquito species about 200 attack humans and three species anopheles culex and aedes pose a particular risk to humans by transmitting diseases like malaria and yellow fever source. These new results come from a small scale laboratory study. Gene editing may push a species of malaria carrying mosquito to extinction. Sure there will be aftereffects of a sudden extinction of these pesky insects but those wouldn t be disastrous by any means.

I ve done most of my undergraduate and graduate work with amphibians and it drives me nuts how many ephemeral pools are drained and lost for the sake of mosquito control. Of the 3 000 varieties on the planet only. As a result the mosquitoes stopped producing offspring in eight to 12 generations. Researchers used a genetic engineering tool to make changes to species called anopheles gambiae ah nof eh lees gam bee aye.

Some facilities have been working on genetically modifying male mosquitoes to make them sterile and then releasing them back into. I would imagine that in some cases mosquito larvae are an important. The researchers reported this september 24 in. December 4 2015 at 2 50 am reply.

Another amazing way to help speed up the extinction of mosquitoes is to donate to certain research organizations that deal with mosquitoes. For starters mass mosquito extinction would eliminate about 3 500 species which is the number of distinct mosquito species currently identified on earth. 3 thoughts on mosquito extinction. However the good thing about the possible extinction of mosquitoes is that it wouldn t have any long term or extreme impacts on the environment.

In reality as lindsay and ranson are quick to point out the total extinction of all mosquito species would be as senseless as it would be impossible.