Imperfect system is all that protects you from genetic parasites out to destroy your genes
Monday, November 17, 2014 - 16:31
in Biology & Nature
We like to think of evolution as a fine-tuning process, one that whittles away genetic redundancies. The only problem is, we are not fine-tuned machines. Our bodies are chock-full of parts that either don't work anymore or are so buggy that our biology has Macgyvered a way to make it work.