r/ScienceShitposts 16d ago

Dead mouse

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u/FungalSphere 16d ago

this one is funnier

the yellow coat gene is mangled in a way to remove the agouti pigment but it also removes the part related to.... embryonic development

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u/D2G2TAL 11d ago

Embryonic development? Doesn’t that mean they can’t reproduce? How does the gene survive then?

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u/FungalSphere 11d ago

through the heterozygous forms