After silencing the sperm-making genes the scientists introduced their male mosquitoes to females, and they went at it. What happened? Females still laid eggs, but the unfertilized eggs did not hatch.
There was also evidence that the females, once they laid their eggs, did not mate again. | a Chron.com
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- Spermless mosquitoes could help halt malaria spread | Reuters
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