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Female self-destruct gene somehow ends up in a different species. Via virus (which can transfer DNA segments) perhaps. Hopefully far-fetched.
by gridspy 5y ago
Female self-destruct gene somehow ends up in a different species. Via virus (which can transfer DNA segments) perhaps.
Hopefully far-fetched.
- avodonosov 5y agoOr simply interspecies reproduction.
- avodonosov 5y agoA funny part in the wikipedia article: > Among insects, so-called killer bees were accidentally created during an attempt to breed a strain of bees that would both produce more honey and be better adapted to tropical conditions. It was done by crossing a European honey bee and an African bee. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hybrid_(biology) https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hybrid_(biology)
- smiley1437 5y agoYeah it would suck if a freak viral accident transferred this to humans, we then get to live through Frank Herbert’s ‘The White Plague’ (where men are carriers for a disease that kills only women) Inheritable fertility manipulation and gene drives should be applied very, very carefully