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How are the Oxitec mosquitoes different from the mosquitoes that Anthony James engineered?

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The Oxitec mosquitoes are engineered in a slightly different way from those James designed. The males are unable to produce healthy offspring. ... Wild females mated with the engineered males, and their offspring died before they reached adulthood.

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