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Re:Google is releasing 20M bacteria-infected mosquitoes in F... by avip on Friday July 14, 2017 @05:19PM (#14773275)
wolbachia prevents (sexual) reproduction in various insects by a process called "Cytoplasmic incompatibility". This requires infected male to fertilize a non-infected female.

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