Evolution Not Over for Humans
Study finds natural selection still happening, with gene variants linked to Alzheimer's, smoking fading
By Randy Dotinga
TUESDAY, Sept. 5, 2017 (HealthDay News) -- Researchers report they have spotted signs that human DNA is still evolving.
"It's a subtle signal, but we find genetic evidence that natural selection is happening in modern human populations," said study co-author Joseph Pickrell, an evolutionary geneticist at Columbia University and the New York Genome Center.
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