title: Is genomics bad for you?
abstract: The plasticity of the genome complicates genetic causation but should be investigated from a functional perspective. Specific adaptive hypotheses are referenced in the target article, but it is also necessary to explain how the integrity of the genome is maintained despite processes that tend towards its diversification and degradation. These include the accumulation of deleterious changes and intragenomic conflict.
authors.affiliation: Biology Department, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA 16802, USA. ben@bx.psu.edu
authors.forename: Benjamin J A
authors.initials: BJ
authors.lastname: Dickins
mesh_terms: D005260:Female; D005824:Genetics, Behavioral; D023281:Genomics; D006801:Humans; D011247:Pregnancy