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Jikx
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has anyone tried using evolution as a tool?
For example, I can envision an experiment where a colony of E.Coli is grown in ever increasing levels of radiation, after after say a year and a couple of million replications later, I would end up with E.Coli that would be very resistant to radiation.
I can see where this could be used, such as replacing the radiation, with say some sort of toxic chemical like DDT, and just keep increasing the dosage, and maybe some resistance will form or even better, a new protein that could degrade it. Something similar done before?
For example, I can envision an experiment where a colony of E.Coli is grown in ever increasing levels of radiation, after after say a year and a couple of million replications later, I would end up with E.Coli that would be very resistant to radiation.
I can see where this could be used, such as replacing the radiation, with say some sort of toxic chemical like DDT, and just keep increasing the dosage, and maybe some resistance will form or even better, a new protein that could degrade it. Something similar done before?