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#113 – Manolis Kellis: Human Genome and Evolutionary Dynamics

Lex Fridman Podcast

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The Beauty of the Human Genome

The human genome was, in fact, relegated to sort of all the last place that you're going to go to learn something new. That has dramatically changed. And the reason that changed is human genetics. We are these species in the planet that's the most studied right now. But this was not the case a few years ago. It used to be first viruses, then bacteria, then yeast, then the fruit fly and the worm, then the mouse. And eventually, human was very far last. So it's embarrassing that it took us this long to focus on it...

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