Dr. Melissa Ilardo
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And so then we have this other kind of order of change, which is, you know, actual changes in the genes themselves that either arise from mutations in, you know, these single base pairs or at many different sites or things like variation that's already present in the population at a certain amount.
And so then we have this other kind of order of change, which is, you know, actual changes in the genes themselves that either arise from mutations in, you know, these single base pairs or at many different sites or things like variation that's already present in the population at a certain amount. that then increases in frequency throughout the population.
And so then we have this other kind of order of change, which is, you know, actual changes in the genes themselves that either arise from mutations in, you know, these single base pairs or at many different sites or things like variation that's already present in the population at a certain amount. that then increases in frequency throughout the population.
And so then we have this other kind of order of change, which is, you know, actual changes in the genes themselves that either arise from mutations in, you know, these single base pairs or at many different sites or things like variation that's already present in the population at a certain amount. that then increases in frequency throughout the population.
that then increases in frequency throughout the population.
And this is where a lot of my work has focused. And these are changes that, until recently, we thought would take 5,000 years, 10,000 years at least. And now we're starting to understand that maybe that can happen in as short as 1,000 years, 2,000 years.
And this is where a lot of my work has focused. And these are changes that, until recently, we thought would take 5,000 years, 10,000 years at least. And now we're starting to understand that maybe that can happen in as short as 1,000 years, 2,000 years.
And this is where a lot of my work has focused.
And this is where a lot of my work has focused. And these are changes that, until recently, we thought would take 5,000 years, 10,000 years at least. And now we're starting to understand that maybe that can happen in as short as 1,000 years, 2,000 years.
And these are changes that, until recently, we thought would take 5,000 years, 10,000 years at least.
And now we're starting to understand that maybe that can happen in as short as 1,000 years, 2,000 years.
They did a very similar study in humans, and humans also are drawn to other humans that have these differences. So it's interesting, especially with the immune system. There was a study where I think they had people smell sweaty T-shirts of members of the opposite sex if they were heterosexual to see how attracted they felt to the person just based on the smell of their sweaty T-shirt.
They did a very similar study in humans, and humans also are drawn to other humans that have these differences. So it's interesting, especially with the immune system. There was a study where I think they had people smell sweaty T-shirts of members of the opposite sex if they were heterosexual to see how attracted they felt to the person just based on the smell of their sweaty T-shirt.
They did a very similar study in humans, and humans also are drawn to other humans that have these differences. So it's interesting, especially with the immune system. There was a study where I think they had people smell sweaty T-shirts of members of the opposite sex if they were heterosexual to see how attracted they felt to the person just based on the smell of their sweaty T-shirt.
They did a very similar study in humans, and humans also are drawn to other humans that have these differences.
So it's interesting, especially with the immune system.
There was a study where I think they had people smell sweaty T-shirts of members of the opposite sex if they were heterosexual to see how attracted they felt to the person just based on the smell of their sweaty T-shirt.
And people were more drawn to people who had very different immune systems than their own. So I think this is something, you know, we see it in mice and it's easy to say, oh, you know, it's their animals. Of course they do that, but we do it as humans too. And it'd be interesting to know to what extent that's influencing our choice of mates and spouses.
And people were more drawn to people who had very different immune systems than their own. So I think this is something, you know, we see it in mice and it's easy to say, oh, you know, it's their animals. Of course they do that, but we do it as humans too. And it'd be interesting to know to what extent that's influencing our choice of mates and spouses.
And people were more drawn to people who had very different immune systems than their own. So I think this is something, you know, we see it in mice and it's easy to say, oh, you know, it's their animals. Of course they do that, but we do it as humans too. And it'd be interesting to know to what extent that's influencing our choice of mates and spouses.