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<blockquote data-quote="Brandonm22" data-source="post: 594192" data-attributes="member: 7645"><p>Ollie had the dumbest post of the day until that remark. This is a genetic defect NOT a consumed toxin. A bad gene doesn't mean the carcass is poisoned or some such. The DNA is simply the genetic code of the animal. An expressed lethal gene simply results in the cells building a faulty animal. It is like a mistake in the blueprints of a building. If an error is made in the plans the building falls down. A termite who ate a bad set of blueprints isn't any sicker than a termite who atea good set of blueprints. It is the same with eating an animal that carries a recessive gene. A recessive gene is masked by it's dominant normal allele and is only expressed when an animal gets two such lethal genes for the same allele. This is very simple genetics.</p><p></p><p>Humans (particularly in this country) live an excessively long time already compared to historical norms so I don't know where you jump to the conclusion that there is some epidemic of unexplained deaths. We could stretch life expectancy into the 90s simply by limiting our consumption of sodas, snacks, driving less often and at slower speeds, jogging a mile 3 or 4 days a week, stop smoking, gunning down less people, and by curtailing our excessive use of alcohol and legal/illegal narcotics.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Brandonm22, post: 594192, member: 7645"] Ollie had the dumbest post of the day until that remark. This is a genetic defect NOT a consumed toxin. A bad gene doesn't mean the carcass is poisoned or some such. The DNA is simply the genetic code of the animal. An expressed lethal gene simply results in the cells building a faulty animal. It is like a mistake in the blueprints of a building. If an error is made in the plans the building falls down. A termite who ate a bad set of blueprints isn't any sicker than a termite who atea good set of blueprints. It is the same with eating an animal that carries a recessive gene. A recessive gene is masked by it's dominant normal allele and is only expressed when an animal gets two such lethal genes for the same allele. This is very simple genetics. Humans (particularly in this country) live an excessively long time already compared to historical norms so I don't know where you jump to the conclusion that there is some epidemic of unexplained deaths. We could stretch life expectancy into the 90s simply by limiting our consumption of sodas, snacks, driving less often and at slower speeds, jogging a mile 3 or 4 days a week, stop smoking, gunning down less people, and by curtailing our excessive use of alcohol and legal/illegal narcotics. [/QUOTE]
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