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> It can't compete with plants in the harsh natural competition for the survival of the fittest, because it hasn't been bred for that. not a biologist in any w
by cat199 8y ago
> It can't compete with plants in the harsh natural competition for the survival of the fittest, because it hasn't been bred for that.
not a biologist in any way, but i'm pretty sure an addition/modification of one trait to an existing genetic line doesn't immediately render null-and-void all existing fitness of that line, such that they are immediately so unfit as to not propigate further
- el_cujo 8y ago>i'm pretty sure an addition/modification of one trait to an existing genetic line doesn't immediately render null-and-void all existing fitness of that line That's true, but these lab lines generally are inbred for generations on purpose before the disease gene is even added, so even the "normal" lab mice without the disease are quite different than wild mice, and even quite different than other strains of lab mice.