It's possible (in a sense the species we see were all the winners of the same process). And it's being proposed to try and push desired traits throughout popula

It's possible (in a sense the species we see were all the winners of the same process). And it's being proposed to try and push desired traits throughout populations, like disease-spreading mosquitos[1] 1: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_drive https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gene_drive