Sebastian Darr–Jan 21, 2010
Taking into consideration the rates of mutation at both the germline and somatic-cell levels and their likely effects, a substantial reduction in human fitness can be expected over the next few centuries in industrialized societies unless novel means of genetic intervention are developed.
Tags: Genetics, genetics, mutation
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Is there an efficient method to quantitatively evaluate the potential risk from genetic intervention itself? We started discussing the hazards from genetic intervention in our book: Yablokov A.V., Ostroumov S.A. Conservation of Living Nature: Problems, Trends and Prospects, by Springer. |
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