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I don't understand this comment. Is it a joke? Why would the cloning matter? All of the clones can clone, which just means laying eggs without finding a mate.
by hutzlibu 3y ago
I don't understand this comment. Is it a joke? Why would the cloning matter? All of the clones can clone, which just means laying eggs without finding a mate.
- amelius 3y agoProbably because we know its entire genome?
- hutzlibu 3y agoSo you propose a genetically engeneered virus or bacteria to be released into the wild?
- throwaway290 3y agoYou say it like it was not done before (like with mosquitoes), except now there would be more chance of success because they wouldn't unexpectedly mutate. But anyway another comment says these ticks also can repro sexually so whatever
- Ekaros 3y agoWeren't mosquitoes about infertility? Making infertile ones that can't effectively reproduce. With something that can clone itself that isn't much of an hurdle...
- throwaway290 3y agoThe catch is that by mating they can randomly evolve resistance to the thing that makes them infertile I guess?
- hutzlibu 3y agoCan you link to such a trial? I only know of gm modified new insects, to take over and die (they reproduce a lot, but their offspring dies, so other normal reproduce less). But of a manufactored virus or bacteria I have not heard yet. And I think it would be way more dangerous.
- throwaway290 3y agoI can't so you could be right!