Why are we so selective?
It's human nature to be selective. We can't change that. But how far are we allowed to go? How far CAN we go? Is it a good idea to choose how another species travels down their individual evolutionary path?
These questions and more have been raised since humans first attempted selective breeding so many years ago. From Gregor Mendel to Charles Darwin to Dolly the sheep to IVF to making a monkey that glows in the dark. There seems to be no limit to our technology and how far it can go. But just because we can go that far, does that mean we SHOULD? What advantage would a monkey that glows in the dark have in the wild, or how would a species be better off if all of the organisms in that species were exactly the same, right down to their DNA?
This is the issue that this website explores. I will be explaining what selective breeding is, how it works, how it is done and the rest of the basics. Then, I will go into the harder stuff, like the ethics, who is truly to benefit from such a process and how the species could be impacted (positively and negatively) down the line of evolution.
These questions and more have been raised since humans first attempted selective breeding so many years ago. From Gregor Mendel to Charles Darwin to Dolly the sheep to IVF to making a monkey that glows in the dark. There seems to be no limit to our technology and how far it can go. But just because we can go that far, does that mean we SHOULD? What advantage would a monkey that glows in the dark have in the wild, or how would a species be better off if all of the organisms in that species were exactly the same, right down to their DNA?
This is the issue that this website explores. I will be explaining what selective breeding is, how it works, how it is done and the rest of the basics. Then, I will go into the harder stuff, like the ethics, who is truly to benefit from such a process and how the species could be impacted (positively and negatively) down the line of evolution.
