"I hope you can bring some good news, Nia," Xiang Shan spread his hands.
"The reaction pathways are still a mess," Niyaguti said helplessly, "We don't know how these special organics came about or what pathways they underwent, so it's very difficult to know which genes are involved... And some may not even be genetic changes."
Changes at the genetic level, whether advantageous or disadvantageous, good or bad, are costs borne by both the remodeler and their offspring.
Uncontrollable natural mutations are one thing. Generally, ethically speaking, ancestors don't have the right to decide all traits of their descendants.
Of course, descendants can indeed cover their ancestors' choices through new gene modifications.
But this ultimately introduces a certain level of risk.
