Tag: genetics

54 How can an organ that provides biological immortality be unable to regenerate? 2019-03-17T18:23:40.763

45 Could humanity survive if all except a few males died in a plague? 2016-06-09T11:14:35.553

39 How many people are required for a healthy re-population of the Earth (Post-Apocalypse)? 2015-05-31T01:48:50.003

36 How can hornets be engineered to kill a human with a single sting? 2017-03-28T14:42:58.960

32 Sure-fire way to identify an heir in a world without genetic testing 2017-10-09T02:40:37.840

31 Is there a precedent for inventing a new technology many years before anyone else? 2016-09-20T13:56:24.883

31 How does an all-female medieval country maintain itself? 2019-10-30T03:41:27.030

28 How can I make a net beneficial genetic trait occur only in a small fraction of the population, sustained? 2015-01-18T13:59:35.340

26 Real DNA encryption (or at least making it hard to decode/change) 2018-10-18T11:37:12.750

25 Is intraspecies genetic incompatibility possible? 2018-12-06T08:50:46.097

20 How could cats evolve toxic claws? 2017-03-30T18:24:46.313

18 How to limit the proportion of a Force sensitive population? 2017-03-20T10:54:49.057

17 Alternatives to DNA 2016-02-18T02:02:27.817

17 Humanoid Race with Surpressed Myostatin Gene - Appearance? 2017-05-01T13:10:33.863

17 Genetic structure of a trait with six discrete phenotypes 2017-06-02T13:40:26.870

17 Will a race survive eugenics? 2018-06-18T19:04:45.540

16 Could you populate a hospitable planet with only a vial of DNA? 2016-09-12T13:23:24.167

16 Why would life on a different planet use DNA? 2017-12-01T21:24:29.643

13 Real life explanation of inheritance of werewolves' curse 2014-12-09T21:21:56.043

13 Improving human reaction time 2015-02-14T23:45:42.827

13 Who owns genes? 2016-10-10T19:53:30.643

13 How could the intelligence of elephants be raised to a level closer to that of humans? 2017-07-13T20:38:56.163

13 Can an Alien Breed With Earth Animals? 2017-10-28T16:16:09.783

12 What are the effects of having too small a gene pool? 2014-10-29T11:06:31.053

12 How does a species with three "sexes", where only two needed are at a time, determine the sex of its offspring? 2017-11-13T20:01:58.667

11 What is the minimum distance needed between physically distinct races? 2014-10-02T21:09:01.993

11 What is the technical feasibility of DNA-altering drinks in a fictional bar? 2015-02-01T05:22:37.747

11 Could your grandchild be genetically identical to you? 2017-12-29T05:53:02.187

11 How can isolated matrilineal societies avoid loss of genetic variation? 2018-09-15T13:07:33.270

11 How can an evil spirit take control of a human body during REM sleep? 2019-03-09T15:01:31.403

11 How would 10 generations of living underground change the human body? 2019-04-26T15:30:23.973

11 Myelination in cephalopods 2019-12-08T21:43:15.980

10 Karyotypes of partially interbreeding human races 2015-08-26T12:40:09.307

10 Genetically engineered de-evolution 2015-12-29T15:23:37.847

10 DIY Genehacking: What can I do with it? 2016-03-24T23:34:49.313

10 Greatest possible genetic difference between a male and female of the same species? 2016-12-06T12:52:10.257

10 Taxonomy of genetically engineered species 2018-04-10T12:05:53.643

10 Is it plausible to make human gametes from different parent chromosomes? 2018-11-09T14:45:20.000

10 Would a virus be able to change eye and hair colour? 2019-03-27T22:47:11.113

10 To what extent is it feasible for this race to be majority female? 2019-09-16T01:45:13.083

10 How could someone use genetics to place a skin tattoo on their descendants? 2020-01-31T05:17:55.870

9 How would a child of a human and alien inherit abilities? 2015-02-05T11:21:02.837

9 Could someone survive if all the DNA inside his cells got damaged? For how long? 2015-03-17T16:04:11.440

9 Would a black population whiten over generations because of living underground? 2016-05-27T20:27:16.940

9 How to make different social classes look quite different? 2016-10-01T12:44:06.167

9 Little Green EARTH Men? 2016-12-21T18:13:21.717

9 How could a bloodline ability manifest in one sex but not the other? 2018-12-27T03:59:00.850

9 Could the Bunker Dwellers become noticeably different from Wastelanders? 2019-01-31T04:51:31.677

8 Planetary Colonisation; how to retain ethno-racial appearances over millennia? 2016-08-14T18:04:41.607

8 Magical Talent: Genes vs. Enviroment 2017-01-16T04:48:13.190

8 Can Genetic Engineering Overcome Inbreeding (homozygosity) Among a Ruling Family Indefinitely? 2017-05-31T17:30:01.163

8 Methods to Implant Serial Numbers in/on Clones 2018-03-04T16:36:51.123

8 How can professional leagues implement gene enchancement into sports while keeping a balance among athletes? 2018-12-03T22:33:56.237

8 Alien life interbreeding with Earth life 2019-06-27T14:59:22.870

8 What is more plausible, viruses in a host brain or a viral colony becoming conscious? 2019-08-08T00:09:42.583

7 Same species originating from multiple planets? 2015-02-06T08:57:09.637

7 How much genetic variation between a human and an alien would allow the human and alien to have, even infertile, offspring? 2015-04-06T16:12:34.000

7 Genetically preventing a rebellion on a generation ship 2015-05-24T22:21:23.377

7 Breeding two species to become genetically more similar? 2015-10-22T04:03:59.750

7 Realism of Sub-humanity over half-humanity 2016-01-22T17:33:11.157

7 What percentage of the population has the "magic gene"? 2016-02-25T21:38:28.933

7 Is the DNA base of the currently living species able to change so much that supports the existence of "fairy tale" humans and animals? 2016-03-22T22:48:06.887

7 Is it plausible that there could be an alien species that has the capacity to mate with and share genetic material with many other alien species? 2016-10-17T11:01:14.050

7 Visual changes in appearance after 6000 years away from earth 2017-04-10T07:34:22.843

7 Genetic Compatibility Amongst Differing "Fantasy" Races 2017-11-07T16:33:43.457

7 Could you breed a hominid to have an identifying crest? 2018-01-05T19:38:02.660

7 What can be said about phenotype inheritance based on this family tree? 2018-03-30T18:13:09.450

7 The Multi-Purpose Horse: Stage I: Icelandic x Yakutian 2018-05-21T15:54:33.570

7 What would happen if people started breeding seals for companionship, like dogs? 2018-05-23T18:10:01.830

7 2-Dimensional sexual polymorphism - What chromosome system would allow this kind of reproduction? 2018-07-23T21:23:01.860

7 How many generations to lock in androgynous human characteristics? 2018-08-02T14:14:31.327

7 Logical reason why would the bunker population use Wastelander DNA samples? 2019-01-18T21:13:33.270

7 Genetic exchange between animal and plant, Elves love trees 2019-05-10T14:06:58.723

6 How much could a species benefit from a single child possessing DNA from multiple fathers? 2016-01-19T20:52:17.423

6 Stealing genetic code 2016-08-12T22:27:55.150

6 How do you make a somatic mutation spread across all cells? 2016-12-04T17:52:04.360

6 Implementing genetic-level transformation - mechanics 2016-12-08T15:04:43.767

6 What animal would men ride, if such animal was the same size as a horse 2017-01-03T14:36:17.443

6 What selection pressures would favor isogametous reproduction requiring more than two parents? 2017-02-22T18:21:06.210

6 Are genetically engineered wyverns with my specifications possible? 2017-09-04T00:12:01.727

6 How small can a population be with regard to genetic diversity? 2017-11-22T20:02:12.447

6 Can you replicate a being's DNA just from observing it? 2019-04-25T00:09:05.007

6 Is plausible to have subspecies with & without separate sexes? 2019-06-11T13:52:43.733

6 Which cells to pick to get a pure sample of DNA without precise equipment? 2019-08-24T00:05:42.860

6 Crazy Alien Genetics 2019-08-31T10:48:52.543

6 What are my "viral" humans harvesting from from my uninfected humans? 2019-10-22T20:53:01.690

5 How could an insectoid race survive despite a small gene pool? 2014-11-18T08:36:44.050

5 Could robust protohumans adapt to high-g worlds better than we might? 2015-11-01T15:15:24.427

5 Can Bluebeard's Blue Beard be Genetic? 2016-02-16T02:29:57.440

5 Mating and Death: Modern Life Disrupted 2016-05-12T22:29:31.283

5 Fine-tuning human genetic-level transformation 2016-11-22T19:26:07.790

5 Mountaineers With Big Hearts and Even Bigger Lungs 2016-11-25T06:58:38.097

5 What mechanism would degenerate gametes of select allosome? 2016-12-20T15:06:24.367

5 What types of genetic characteristics would help animals survive a decades long nuclear winter? 2017-02-16T16:22:46.877

5 How quickly would a genetic trait originally found in only 1 village spread across Earth? 2017-02-28T13:35:10.473

5 What happens when genetics and popular politics collide? 2017-08-10T18:42:41.133

5 How to Extend Female Fertility Period without Altering Current Pubescent Timing? 2017-11-01T23:29:06.113

5 Would it be viable to have a pre-wired brain rather than one that is soft-wired or hard-wired? 2017-12-06T16:09:08.053

5 Perceiving color like a native 2018-01-06T04:05:14.243