Some conditions occur due to a trade-off from genes that improve our reproductive success KATERYNA KON/SCIENCE PHOTO LIBRARY/ Alamy
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This week, I have been writing about a new way of looking at the devastating brain condition Huntington’s disease. The genetic mutation responsible may also lead to higher IQ in childhood and early adulthood – and so could have been selected for in our evolutionary past.
While this…
