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In 2015, population crashes in mosquitoes were demonstrated using "gene drives" via [[CRISPR]] technology.
In 2015, population crashes in mosquitoes were demonstrated using "gene drives" via [[CRISPR]] technology.
== Sub-replacement fertility ==
=== Film documentary Demographic Winter: The decline of the human family ===
The film ''Demographic Winter'' focuses on the issue of sub-replacement fertility. Replacement fertility is 2.1 children born per woman in a population.
A review of the film documentary ''Demographic Winter'' declares:
One of the most ominous events of modern history is quietly unfolding. Social scientists and economists agree -- we are headed toward a demographic winter which threatens to have catastrophic social and economic consequences. The effects will be severe and long lasting and are already becoming manifest in much of Europe. This ground breaking film draws upon experts from many different disciplines and reveals in chilling soberness the dangers facing society and the world's economies...<ref>[https://www.amazon.com/Demographic-Winter-decline-human-family/dp/B001CGD1P2 Demographic Winter: The decline of the human family - Amazon]</ref>
=== Eric Kaufmann on sub-replacement fertility ===
[[Eric Kaufmann]] wrote about the problem of sub-fertility in the developed world in his book ''Whither the Child?: Causes and Consequences of Low Fertility''.<ref>[http://sociology.virginia.edu/publications/wilcox-whither-the-child Whither the Child? Causes and Consequences of Low Fertility], University of Virginia, Department of Sociology</ref>
== See also ==
== See also ==