r/interestingasfuck • u/Significant_Snow_718 • Mar 06 '25

/r/all Chick with genetic defect

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u/Dramatic-Avocado4687 Mar 06 '25

Why does this look functionally better than a normal chick?

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u/Anim8nFool Mar 06 '25

Look at the back feet -- they're backwards -- poor little guy is probably in pain with every step.

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u/quietlittleleaf Mar 06 '25

Makes me wonder if it's a conjoined twin. Poor little one.

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u/KamelYellow 29d ago edited 29d ago

Could be, but then it wouldn't be a genetic defect technically. If we are to believe the title, then it's probably either a HOX gene mutation or a messed up signaling pathway. You'd be surprised how easy it is to make an embryo grow extra limbs

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u/GuzzleNGargle 29d ago

Are you talking about just chickens…?

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u/cavaticaa 29d ago

Nope, they're not.

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u/GuzzleNGargle 29d ago

Does it apply to humans?

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u/cavaticaa 29d ago

Yes. Most embryos are essentially the same regardless of species, and early in the cell growth process can be very easily manipulated. I'm a layperson, but I believe this is one of the reason stem cells are so important in medicine. But I would love to be corrected/informed if I'm mistaken.

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u/GuzzleNGargle 29d ago

I can only imagine what “they” have stored in labs…🤨

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u/cavaticaa 29d ago

I would not want to know what Nazi doctors or Unit 731 would have done with the biomedical technology we have now.

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u/GuzzleNGargle 29d ago

shudders me either.

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