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GM sterile mosquitoes—a cautionary note

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  1. Entomology Unit, FAO/IAEA Agriculture and Biotechnology Laboratory, A-2444 Seibersdorf, Seibersdorf, Vienna, Austria

    Bart G J Knols, Rebecca C Hood-Nowotny, Hervé Bossin, Gerald Franz & Alan Robinson

  2. University of Nairobi, P.O. Box 29053, Nairobi, Kenya

    Wolfgang R Mukabana & Samuel K Kemboi

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Knols, B., Hood-Nowotny, R., Bossin, H. et al. GM sterile mosquitoes—a cautionary note. Nat Biotechnol 24, 1067–1068 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt0906-1067

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