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Scientists have identified a new detrimental effect of genes that cause inherited diseases. Their study suggests that these genes prevent adaptation (or the evolution of beneficial genes) from happening around them in the genome, allowing them to persist longer in human populations by preventing their own removal by selective sweeps.
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