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Science 4 October 2002:
Vol. 298. no. 5591, pp. 117 - 119
DOI: 10.1126/science.298.5591.117
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The Ecology of Genetically Modified Mosquitoes

Thomas W. Scott,1* Willem Takken,2 Bart G. J. Knols,2 Christophe Boëte3

Ecological and population biology issues constitute serious challenges to the application of genetically modified mosquitos (GMM) for disease control.

1 Department of Entomology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616, USA.
2 Laboratory of Entomology, Wageningen University & Research Centre, Wageningen, Netherlands.
3 Laboratoire de Parasitologie Evolutive, Université P. & M. Curie, Paris Cedex 5, France.
*   To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: twscott{at}ucdavis.edu

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