Guest guest Posted July 28, 2005 Report Share Posted July 28, 2005 It really confuses me tho that people apply this reasoning to Alzheimers (they really do). I am not sure but it seems the onset of that disease is almost always after reproductive life is over, therefore genes contributing to it ought not be strongly selected against. > Personally my view is opposite, just because of evolutionary > reasoning. I am convinced by the reasoning that most severe ailments > come from pathogens, because genes causing them should be eliminated. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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