Comment by Sam Allon (sam-allon) on Gene drives: why the wait? · 2022-09-21T13:50:26.373Z · LW · GW

A naturally occurring gene drive features a "selfish gene" rapidly spreading itself through the population of a species. For instance, we could engineer a gene drive that rapidly turns a whole mosquito species purple. Gene drives that lead to species extinction are a subset of all possible gene drives.