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Making sex deadly for insects could control pests that carry disease and harm crops

  • Written by Bill Sullivan, Professor of Microbiology and Immunology, Indiana University
Making sex deadly for insects could control pests that carry disease and harm cropsIn the toxic male technique, genetically engineered male insects would implant semen containing toxic venom into the female insects during mating.Madugrero/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA

Insects do a lot more harm than ruining picnics. Some insects spread devastating diseases, while others cause staggering economic losses in agriculture. To control...

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