Text 1: Ecologist Green argues that introducing genetically modified "gene drive" mosquitoes could eradicate malaria. By engineering mosquitoes whose offspring inherit a sterilizing gene at unusually high rates, scientists could collapse local mosquito populations and end the disease's transmission within a few generations.
Text 2: Ecologist Adeyemi shares the goal of malaria eradication but sees gene drives as ecologically reckless. Once released, modified mosquitoes cannot be recalled; their genes will spread across borders without consent. Even a single unforeseen ecological consequence, she argues, could ripple through food webs in ways that are impossible to reverse.
Based on the texts, how would Adeyemi (Text 2) most likely respond to Green's proposal?
- A
She would endorse gene drives as the obvious solution.
- B
She would reject malaria eradication as a goal.
- Ccheck_circle
She would accept the goal but argue that this method carries irreversible ecological risks.
- D
She would claim that gene drives cannot affect mosquito populations.
Explanation
Adeyemi shares the goal of eradication but raises the irreversibility concern. C captures her qualified opposition. A and D contradict her; B reverses her view.