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mattmaroonyesterday at 3:05 AM3 repliesview on HN

If that’s the case it should return if we stopped fishing.


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thoroughburroyesterday at 12:01 PM

No. A certain gene expression can just be gone forever. Nothing guarantees the desired expression will evolve again.

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heavyset_goyesterday at 4:37 AM

Not always the case. Any number of things can happen that could prevent that from happening, like extinction, as an extreme example.