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Re:Biology is the New Tech: Letter from a conference on CRISPR by alasdair_ on Saturday July 27, 2019 @05:47PM (#20544400)
>This increase is not because heights are being genetically selected for

Can you explain how you know this? Taller people, in general, are often considered more desirable mates. Wouldn't this lead to such people having more children which would lead to, well, average increases in height?

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Re:Biology is the New Tech: Letter from a conference on CRISPR by danmaz74 on Saturday July 27, 2019 @09:28PM (#20545335)
Not OP, but the reference was clearly to increases in height during very short time frames from a natural selection point of view, eg in post WWII Europe.
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Re:Biology is the New Tech: Letter from a conference on CRISPR by lallysingh on Saturday July 27, 2019 @06:19PM (#20544612)
Until they have a bunch of bruises on their foreheads from low door frames! Cancels the effect.
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Re:Biology is the New Tech: Letter from a conference on CRISPR by Ygg2 on Saturday July 27, 2019 @08:34PM (#20545175)
Or cancer. The heavier you are, the more cells you have. More cells you have, well more potential for cancer.
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