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It would be really cool to run an experiment like this. Have some population of rats living in a large enclosure that is held in a large centrifuge for decades
by joshlemer 3y ago
It would be really cool to run an experiment like this. Have some population of rats living in a large enclosure that is held in a large centrifuge for decades and see how they evolve.
- kemmishtree 3y agoJust put e. coli in an ultracentrifuge and do a few hundred generations of serial passaging and see what evolves, for starters. You could do this pretty cheaply without waiting decades or killing mammals. Apparently e. coli can proliferate happily at almost half a million g... https://phys.org/news/2011-04-bacteria-extreme-gravity.html#:~:text=With%20the%20use%20of%20a,growth%20rate%20was%20not%20affected https://phys.org/news/2011-04-bacteria-extreme-gravity.html#....