Which organism will the first released or escaped gene drive target?
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43%
Mosquito
2%
Human
8%
Screwworm
3%
Plant
3%
Fungus
15%
Fruit fly
8%
Fish
18%
The categories here range in their breadth. Feel free to post new, interesting responses but keep them mutually exclusive. I will probably remove new categories that overlap with old ones. I'll resolve to the category that the first organism modified with a gene drive which escaped to the wild falls under, as far as we know, once we know of such an instance. I'll resolve one year after this was found if there is no significant ambiguity. If significant evidence only emerges after a year that there was an earlier escaped gene drive, I won't correct the resolution.
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