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Life Sciences => Physiology & Medicine => Topic started by: thedoc on 14/07/2015 09:00:34

Title: How does lack of genetic diversity affect us?
Post by: thedoc on 14/07/2015 09:00:34

People who inherit the same versions of certain genes from mum and dad, are shorter and do less well at school. Peter Joshi explains more.
 Read a transcript of the interview by clicking here (http://www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/interviews/interview/1001363/)
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Title: Re: How does lack of geentic diversity affect us?
Post by: Pecos_Bill on 14/07/2015 15:15:57

People still remember what happened the year the potatoes wouldn't grow. Now imagine the consequences if that happened to the wheat or rice.

There is an epitaph in a New England graveyard praising a farmer who sowed barley in the year without a summer. Because barley has a short growing season, he saved the village from starvation.