Could you create a group of mutant, super-fast humans?

its not only genetic, mind over matter, culture, family situations and daily stresses.

Also not all genetic markers are active for all the descendants.

Some people have kids with very different eye colors than them because some gene is active from grand grand ma or pa centuries ago.

It can play some help tho, but its not such a huge factor. Just look at the olympics , did all the people there amazing sports moms and dads? I don't think so.

Yes, although motivating the offspring of successful Ethiopians and Kenyans to race is the problem.

Of course. People can be bred just like all other animals. You could breed people so that they all could run under 14 minutes or the female equivalent.

The thing is various natural scenarios have basically already done most of this.

Successive generations of exceptional parents tend to regress to the mean.

Galton wrote:

Successive generations of exceptional parents tend to regress to the mean.

Not until the mean is off the charts however. A complete failure as a racehorse is faster than any randomly bred horse.

No need. Move to epo-pia. Maybe join Salazar's doping program?

Jos Hermanns knows how to dope them up..

Jama Aden?

Lots of options.

?? Do you not know what the word mutant means? What you're describing is basically the opposite of mutation, it's selective breeding. But you write like you're about 9, so maybe you'll learn more about that in middle school.

Done that. They're called the Kalenjin.

kartelite wrote:

?? Do you not know what the word mutant means? What you're describing is basically the opposite of mutation, it's selective breeding. But you write like you're about 9, so maybe you'll learn more about that in middle school.

Do you? Selective breeding basically seeks to create mutations.

Maybe you should go back to school.

I would name this place Bekoji.

Myostatin gene wrote:

Selective breeding basically seeks to create mutations.

You're a clueless idiot.

There's a paper somewhere on researchers selectively breeding mice for endurance. After 39 generations they got mice that could run three times longer at the same pace as the first generation.

spotter of lrc's biggest retar wrote:

Myostatin gene wrote:

Selective breeding basically seeks to create mutations.

You're a clueless idiot.

And yet smarter than you.

Myostatin gene wrote:

spotter of lrc's biggest retar wrote:

You're a clueless idiot.

And yet smarter than you.

Exposing the subjects to radiation, chemicals or viruses would create mutations, which alter the DNA.

I shoots daz stuff wrote:

Myostatin gene wrote:

And yet smarter than you.

Exposing the subjects to radiation, chemicals or viruses would create mutations, which alter the DNA.

Which has nothing whatsoever to do with selection breeding.

mutation breeding wrote:

I shoots daz stuff wrote:

Exposing the subjects to radiation, chemicals or viruses would create mutations, which alter the DNA.

Which has nothing whatsoever to do with selection breeding.

Um, of course it does. Organisms are exposed to all of these.