It's amazing to think that since you can eradicate any dominant gene for many species by preventing people displaying the phenotype from reproducing, you can make the entire human population homogenously homozygous recessive by eliminating one allele per gene one gene at a time, amirite?

+104 It's amazing to think that since you can eradicate any dominant gene for many species by preventing people displaying the phenotype from reproducing, you can make the entire human population homogenously homozygous recessive by eliminating one allele per gene one gene at a time, amirite?

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by Anonymous 12 years ago

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by Anonymous 12 years ago

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by Anonymous 12 years ago

We could eliminate many dominant genes by preventing people with those genes from reproducing, and if we did this on a large enough scale we could make a recessive gene the only variation that exists.

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by Anonymous 12 years ago

It'd take a pretty damn long time though for humans. And how'd you enforce such restrictions? It does work in theory though. Also, this could be described less complexly as "selective breeding". Refrain from exorbitant eloquent loquaciousness whenever feasible! :P

by Anonymous 12 years ago

yeah. My point is that if everyone banded together, we could do it, one gene at a time. I think there are like several thousand genes, so it would take a really long time. Also the homogenousness would make it almost incest to have sex with anyone.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

It'd be a really bad idea. Homogenousness is awful for a species' survival - one disease could just wipe out the whole thing, it's variation of the immune system (and other things) that make pandemics fairly rare. For an example of extreme homogenousness of a species, cheetahs would be an interesting read. They'd be officially classified as infertile if they were a livestock, and it's estimated that at one point there may have been as few as one pregnant female to the species' name (which is why there is so little variation in them today).

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I know. The incest thing. There's a reason people saw incest as wrong. The point is that it would be possible, not good for us. Did you know all bananas are clones of the others in the same brand? The Cavendish almost went extinct because of a normally tiny disease.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I did a quick google of that and, wow, you're right. That's really interesting, actually! It does make it a little strange to think that bananas will probably never change and that a single disease, or other disaster, could just wipe out the whole lot. I guess the farmers have to take a lot of precautions with them, insects evolve pretty quickly, so ones that eat them MUST be getting more and more efficient at getting to generation after generation of exact same bananas? (Also, I do like that we've managed to derail this to talking about bananas.)

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Yeah IKR. Have you ever tried fried bananas? In South-East Asia we have Pisang Goreng (banana fried) which is kind of like tempura bananas and it's really good. You have to get the expensive ones with Raja (king) Bananas or else it's kinda soggy.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Actually, when I was a kid, I DO remember that my father and I would cook bananas on a barbeque! I completely forgot about doing that until now. I guess that's kind of similar? Those were great, I wonder why we stopped... it seems like such a weird idea, I don't think many people would believe me if I said that barbequed bananas are delicious. Have you ever tried frozen bananas? That was another thing I used to to as a child. Banana splits, barbequed bananas, frozen bananas, chocolate bananas, banana and yoghurt, banana sandwiches, banana and cereal... there's so much one can cook with a banana. I think talking to you has made me realise that the banana is probably the best fruit. Thank you! Haha

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I like all bananas. And pisang goreng is deep fried with those filament things coming off it, like thinner versions of those extensions you get when you amke tempura. But yeah. I like bananas in all ways. Except Del Monte. My favourites are Dole, Aloha and Cavendish, in that order. Never tried those little red ones though. You're welcome. To me, bananas are the most versatile, but I'd give up bananas before mangoes. There was a time when I though mangoes grew in those rhombus segments, not that my mom cut them like that.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

I had to read this twice to get it. You didn't need to make the wording this complex.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Yeah I had to check it twice. I just couldn't think of a way to convey the full idea in less than five sentences without this wording.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

We take a dominant gene, prevent those with it from reproducing, were left with the recessive gene. That's amazing. If I can make it that dimple, im sure you could have simplified it.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Oh I forgot: repeat this enough and were clones.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

That doesn't really convey the full magnitude of the matter, or the complexity of the process.

by Anonymous 12 years ago

Duh... buh... wut?

by Anonymous 12 years ago