As a group, carriers of recessive disorders are slightly less healthy and have a reduced chance of having offspring. This disadvantage is greatest for carriers of a recessive gene for intellectual disability, and reflected in a shorter school career and increased childlessness, according to research from Radboudumc. Time to rewrite the textbooks?
Dominant mutation
Researchers from Radboudumc, Department of Human Genetics, demonstrated something remarkable in a 2014 publication in Nature….
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