Genetic differences and aging
Question # 00451340
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Updated on: 12/28/2016 08:42 PM Due on: 12/29/2016
2a. Genetic differences probably account for
part of the difference between people who age slowly and gracefully and others
who grow old more rapidly and die at a younger age. Given that the genes
controlling old age have their onset long after people have stopped having
children, how could evolution have any effect on such genes?
2b. When monkeys with Kluver-Bucy syndrome pick up lighted matches and snakes, we do not know whether they are displaying an emotional deficit or an inability to identify the object. What kind of research method might help answer this question?
Total needs to be 250+ words
2b. When monkeys with Kluver-Bucy syndrome pick up lighted matches and snakes, we do not know whether they are displaying an emotional deficit or an inability to identify the object. What kind of research method might help answer this question?
Total needs to be 250+ words
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