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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

http://www.pnas.org/content/early/2009/12/22/0912629107.abstract

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Sergei Ostroumov wrote on Jan 22, 2010 1:08 pm
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.