Humans wiped out mosquitoes (in one small lab test)
If we could eliminate a species, should we?
![Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes](https://i0.wp.com/www.sciencenews.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/122218_6_SM_mosquito_feat.jpg?fit=860%2C460&ssl=1)
BYE-BYE BUG Researchers used a gene drive to exterminate two small lab populations of Anopheles gambiae mosquitoes this year. What would their loss mean?
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