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Is There a Beneficial Mutation in the Human Genome?
The human genome is about three billion letters long. Every single one of us has around 300 or so random mutations that are unique to us. When you gain fitness, when you have a beneficial mutation in one environment, that is a deleterious mutation that loses fitness in another environment. The best boa constrictor with the best boo constrictor genes dies in Antarctica.