The Evolution of Imperfection: The Science of Why We Aren’t and Can’t Be Perfect

The Evolution of Imperfection: The Science of Why We Aren’t and Can’t Be Perfect, 1, 2025 is a comprehensive biology reference published by Other Publisher. Description By Laurence D. Hurst How understanding our genetic imperfections can change our view of evolution and enrich what it means to be humanIf we start with the presumption that evolution is a constantly improving process, some aspects of our evolution just do not make sense.

Key Features

- How understanding our genetic imperfections can change our view of evolution and enrich what it means to be humanIf we start with the presumption that evolution is a constantly…
- We have a high rate of genetic diseases, for example, and much of our DNA seems to be pointless
- In The Evolution of Imperfection, Laurence Hurst explores our apparently rotten genetic luck.Hurst, a leading authority on evolution and genetics, argues that our evolutionary…
- In pregnancy, natural selection can favor chromosomes that kill embryos in species (including ours) that continuously receive resources from the mother
- Most fertilized eggs don’t make it, and incompatibilities between the fetus and mother can lead to lethal disorders of pregnancy
- The historically small population size enhances the role of chance, which in turn leads to both accumulation of unnecessary DNA and more mutation.So what can save us?
- One answer may lie in genetic medicine, which has given us therapies that make killer conditions preventable and even curable.Hurst suggests that our seeming imperfections could…

Product Details

Publisher: Other Publisher
Edition: 1
Published Year: 2025
Format: Publisher PDF
File Size: 12.7 MB
ISBN: 978-0691247397, 9780691247410, 9780691247403