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I think a gene drive will be cheaper than all of this manual labor. Release a male python that can only sire male pythons, and population collapse is inevitabl
by chasil 2y ago
I think a gene drive will be cheaper than all of this manual labor.
Release a male python that can only sire male pythons, and population collapse is inevitable.
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6083257/ https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC6083257/
- gweinberg 2y agoI don't think that can work. Reptiles don't have X and Y chromosomes.
- throwup238 2y agoNeither do Aedes aegypti mosquitos which was probably the first application of the gene drive. It works in species with homomorphic sex chromosomes just fine.
- thaumasiotes 2y agoReptiles commonly have their sex determined by the ambient temperature around their egg. Nobody cares whether a sex chromosome is named "X" or "Z".
- projektfu 2y agoPythons might. https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S096098221730711X https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S096098221...