Crumbling Genome
A thought-provoking exploration of deleterious mutations in the human genome and their effects on human health and wellbeing
Despite all of the elaborate mechanisms that a cell employs to handle its DNA with the utmost care, a newborn human carries about 100 new mutations, originated in their parents, about 10 of which are deleterious. A mutation replacing just one of the more than three billion n...
A thought-provoking exploration of deleterious mutations in the human genome and their effects on human health and wellbeing
Despite all of the elaborate mechanisms that a cell employs to handle its DNA with the utmost care, a newborn human carries about 100 new mutations, originated in their parents, about 10 of which are deleterious. A mutation replacing just one of the more than three billion n...
