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d_silin 25 days ago | parent | context | favorite | on: The Fermi Paradox, Percolation, and Inbreeding

You can absolutely select founding population to be maximally genetically diverse and of large enough number to avoid inbreeding.

Speciation is a likely outcome for interplanetary and interstellar colonies, yes.

pfdietz 25 days ago | [–]

You can also carry with you frozen gametes or digital genomes. Digital genetic information can be transmitted between systems at trivial cost.

stasomatic 24 days ago | [–]

Will falling in love be required or will the breeding program be institutionalized?

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