A study on how quickly populations of German cockroach bounce back after being doused with several classes of insect killer has revealed they can evolve a general resistance to pesticides they’ve never even encountered.
Well, dang.
Hm, wonder if they have a pre-existing genetic toolkit to mix around with. I know duplicates of genes are a safe “playground for experimentation”
edit” From a quick google search “The American cockroach has the second largest insect genome ever sequenced. “
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