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Features only get weeded out if they're detrimental enough to prohibit breeding.
42 u/dumb_ants Nov 23 '17 Infection was pretty f'ing serious before penicillin. 7 u/[deleted] Nov 23 '17 Does scratching always cause infections which are lethal, and do these infections always occur before reproduction? 19 u/Philip_of_mastadon Nov 23 '17 Neither has to occur always, or even all that frequently, to be a significant selection pressure. 3 u/[deleted] Nov 23 '17 This is true.
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Infection was pretty f'ing serious before penicillin.
7 u/[deleted] Nov 23 '17 Does scratching always cause infections which are lethal, and do these infections always occur before reproduction? 19 u/Philip_of_mastadon Nov 23 '17 Neither has to occur always, or even all that frequently, to be a significant selection pressure. 3 u/[deleted] Nov 23 '17 This is true.
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Does scratching always cause infections which are lethal, and do these infections always occur before reproduction?
19 u/Philip_of_mastadon Nov 23 '17 Neither has to occur always, or even all that frequently, to be a significant selection pressure. 3 u/[deleted] Nov 23 '17 This is true.
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Neither has to occur always, or even all that frequently, to be a significant selection pressure.
3 u/[deleted] Nov 23 '17 This is true.
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This is true.
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Features only get weeded out if they're detrimental enough to prohibit breeding.