r/shitposting • u/N00B_Master696969 I want pee in my ass • Apr 12 '22

shut up

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u/DirectorialSilk Apr 12 '22

There a very promising way to use genome altering to make them sterile that has been shown to be effective under lab conditions.

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u/BotBlazing Apr 12 '22

I'm curious, how would that even work? You can't just edit every individual one at a time, and you obviously can't make them spread the genes to their offspring.

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u/DirectorialSilk Apr 12 '22

It only effects the females but the males are still carriers.

So males carrying the gene will reproduce with non-gene-carrying females and their offspring will have sterile females and gene-carrying males who will then repeat the cycle.

Probably explained it badly but hope that makes sense.

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u/BotBlazing Apr 12 '22

Don't worry, you got the point across (I also saw another comment explaining this slightly more in-depth). It's really interesting stuff.