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Part IV: SOCIALITY AND MEDICINE
Pages 235-236

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... But the authors argue that this ignores the selective phase, which may be more important in determining the time to drug impotence, particularly when resistance muta tions arise with relative ease. In this selective phase, the radical pathogen cure provides the strongest possible selection for resistance.
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... These authors suggest that the conflict between maternal and paternal genes in offspring, through its demonstrated effects on the regulation and pathologies of growth, may be responsible for some cancers. They then discuss the exciting idea that this same balance is partly responsible for a wide spectrum of psychiatric disorders, such as autism that may result from an overexpression of paternal interests in offspring selfishness.


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