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knabe

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very interesting

http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20080114/sc_livescience/organismlives10timesaslongaftergenetictinkering

pooling the body's efforts into growing makes room for genetic errors that lead to age-related disease.

i'm taking this to mean that  selecting for even earlier maturing cattle will lead to even more pressure on this, and less pressure on longevity, and "balance"

"In the long run, I think that balance may not be too hard to achieve."

i wonder what this means for social security benefits?  never having to die next.
ponce de leon definately was born in the wrong century.
 

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