然后，他们利用了这种真菌特殊的遗传性特性。
他们希望采用一种环境友好的方式来阻断疟疾的传播，这种方式就是利用这些经过遗传改良过的真菌的孢子，将其散布到房屋中的墙壁，或者捕蚊器上，以达到阻断疟疾病毒传播的目的。
They hope the fungus's spores, applied to the walls of houses or mosquito traps, could help stop the spread of the disease in an environmentally friendly way.
“不过，”桑德斯说，“我们的研究明确显示，控制真菌的遗传特性从而取得更高的农作物产量是有可能的。”
"However," Sanders said, "our study clearly shows that the potential is there to manipulate the genetics of the fungus to achieve greater crop yields."
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