me_irl

5811 readers

1389 users here now

All posts need to have the same title: me_irl it is allowed to use an emoji instead of the underscore _

founded 2 years ago

MODERATORS

herrwoland@lemmy.world

784

me_irl (lemmy.world)

submitted 5 months ago by zedgeist@lemmy.world to c/me_irl@lemmy.world

92 comments fedilink hide all child comments

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] chonglibloodsport@lemmy.world 17 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Not species, genes. Species is a socially constructed concept. Selection operates at the level of individual genes which are the fundamental transmissible units.

Bacteria even carry out horizontal gene transfer via the exchange of plasmids between cells!

permalink
fedilink
source
parent
hideshow 2 child comments

[–] roguetrick@lemmy.world 6 points 5 months ago

Baby, thanks to CRISPR, humans can too.

permalink
fedilink
source
parent