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CHROMOSOMAL translocations have been suggested1,2 as useful mechanisms for genetic control: translocation heterozygotes produce fewer offspring because some of their gametes do not receive a full chromosomal complement. The resultant semisterility has been observed in many plants and animals, chiefly after irradiation or other treatments of laboratory stocks but only rarely in natural populations. Spontaneous translocations originating in a field population are usually eliminated3 quickly because of the lower productivity they confer on the heterozygotes. They can become fixed in all members of a population only if it is small and isolated4.
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LAVEN, H. Eradicating Mosquitoes using Translocations. Nature 221, 958–959 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1038/221958a0
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