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[–] [email protected] 20 points 3 days ago (3 children)

Genetic engineering has never been this cute

[–] [email protected] 16 points 3 days ago (2 children)

I dunno. For hundreds of thousands of years we've been selectively breeding puppies.

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[–] [email protected] 11 points 3 days ago

In a way one could argue genetic engineering is one of the oldest sciences ever. And it started with dogs, or maybe agriculture, depends on what one's definition of science is.

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