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The original was posted on /r/science by /u/mvea on 2024-11-08 05:29:01+00:00.

Original Title: Novel way to beat mosquito-spread diseases such as dengue, yellow fever and Zika: Deaf mosquitoes stop having sex. A new study found that the effect of the gene knock-out was “absolute”, as mating by deaf males was entirely eliminated.