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Re:Most U.S. Dairy Cows Are Descended From Just Two Bulls by Ensorceled on Friday October 18, 2019 @07:04AM (#21290293)
Ah, so you think this virus will wipe out ALL plants everywhere simply because there are lots of copies of the banana killing virus?

There are already lots of viruses at scale that don't become superbugs and randomly jump the species barrier.

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Re:Most U.S. Dairy Cows Are Descended From Just Two Bulls by topmonk on Friday October 18, 2019 @08:38PM (#21296103)
There haven't been a lot of species that are all genetic clones of each other until recently, either. Such a condition makes the arrival of a superbug much more likely.

A species entirely made up of genetic clones is what this whole thread is about. I'm surprised you missed this.

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