Genetically modified mosquitoes breed in Brazil
By DW
21 September 2019 |
7:56 am
After a field experiment between 2013 and 2015, genetically modified mosquitoes are breeding in Brazil. According to the researchers' original plan, all released mosquitoes and their offspring should have died.
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