Comment on How many people would a generation ship need to have for inbreeding to not be an issue?
tomiant@piefed.social 3 weeks agoWhat if you went full eugenics and started out with a bunch of hot chicks?
Comment on How many people would a generation ship need to have for inbreeding to not be an issue?
tomiant@piefed.social 3 weeks agoWhat if you went full eugenics and started out with a bunch of hot chicks?
Steve@communick.news 3 weeks ago
That low end of 100 would be with full eugenics. Selecting for genetic diversity, not for “hotness”.
If you were selecting for that, it would mean less genetic diversity, you might start seeing problems within 5 generations.
tomiant@piefed.social 3 weeks ago
Look, I’m not a doctor, I just need to know if there’s gonna be hot space chicks.
spittingimage@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Duh. Why else go to space?