Re:Mosaicism: The genome varies from cell to cell
by ASalazarMX on Tuesday May 22, 2018 @01:11PM
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That's the concept of minimal viable population (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Minimum_viable_population). Basically it means how much inbreeding is acceptable to have viable descendants.
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Re:Mosaicism: The genome varies from cell to cell
by hnaccy on Tuesday May 22, 2018 @01:16PM
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I'm aware of this concept but the comparison to Naked and Afraid and literally sterile ants made me think he was referring to some distinct idea.
Re:Mosaicism: The genome varies from cell to cell
by ASalazarMX on Tuesday May 22, 2018 @01:23PM
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I understand. In fact, classifying individual social insects as organs doesn't sit well with me also, it feels more like philosophy than biology. I think it also ignores other possibilities that could explain why sexual reproduction is reserved to a subset of a population, but well, I don't teach evolution.