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Originally Posted by OrAclE
It's not always a negative. People who are heterozygous with sickle cell disease are immune to, I think, malaria. Still a disorder, but it can be beneficial.
I would still call sickle cell anemia a mostly negative mutation though. But yea, it does have advantages.
Originally Posted by Meamme0
Not every disorder is caused by mutation. Some disorders are caused by diet or social or physical environments.
Almost all disorders have underlying genetic causes. Especially the ones mentioned here.
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Originally Posted by War_Hero
I would still call sickle cell anemia a mostly negative mutation though. But yea, it does have advantages.
Almost all disorders have underlying genetic causes. Especially the ones mentioned here.
To add to it, studies have been done about how your ancestors diet/anything can actually affect your genes, I saw a nova about it. For an example of this, I remember specifically that if your ancestors lived during a food 'shortage' (male) you would actually live longer, for women, their ancestors were the opposite.
Something like that.
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