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    The New York Times‏Verified account @nytimes Mar 10

    The sickle cell mutation arose 7,300 years ago in just one person in West Africa, scientists say. Its purpose: a shield against rampant malaria.http://nyti.ms/2FryKIf 

    8:24 PM - 10 Mar 2018
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      1. Elizabeth B. Pathak, PhD‏ @BethPathak Mar 10
        Replying to @nytimes

        Oh my goodness mutations don’t have “purposes” ... they do (or don’t) convey advantages ... please have someone with a basic understanding of the science of genetics edit your draft tweets. 🙄🙄🙄

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      2. Brian Hoyt‏ @ThisIsBrianHoyt Mar 10
        Replying to @nytimes @TheSciBabe

        Mutations don't have a "purpose".

        1 reply 0 retweets 7 likes
      3. (((Yvette)))‏Verified account @TheSciBabe Mar 10
        Replying to @ThisIsBrianHoyt @nytimes

        Mutations survive for a reason though. In this case it was because it allowed people to survive a disease that killed others in a population that was being ravaged by malaria.

        3 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
      4. Neutralelektrode‏ @neutralelektrod Mar 10
        Replying to @TheSciBabe @ThisIsBrianHoyt @nytimes

        Mutations still don't fulfill a "purpose" the headline is very poorly worded and there are lots better ways of expressing it. So why defend it?

        2 replies 0 retweets 2 likes
      5. (((Yvette)))‏Verified account @TheSciBabe Mar 10
        Replying to @neutralelektrod @ThisIsBrianHoyt @nytimes

        Because I’m not a pedantic pain in the ass.

        1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
      6. Neutralelektrode‏ @neutralelektrod Mar 10
        Replying to @TheSciBabe @ThisIsBrianHoyt @nytimes

        True, cutting corners and being slightly inaccurate is kind of your thing

        2 replies 0 retweets 0 likes
      7. (((Yvette)))‏Verified account @TheSciBabe Mar 11
        Replying to @neutralelektrod @ThisIsBrianHoyt @nytimes

        Yeah, articles that I research for a month with fact checkers is totally taking short cuts.

        0 replies 0 retweets 1 like
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      1. Veera M Rajagopal‏ @doctorveera Mar 11
        Replying to @nytimes

        mutations never occur for a purpose, they occur purely by chance. If they are beneficial, they get positively selected and pass to subsequent generations.

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      1. Patty Dineen‏ @pattydineen Mar 11
        Replying to @nytimes

        We need to correct the idea that mutations happen for a purpose. They do not. Mutations are random, and sometimes confer some advantage that can be inherited.

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      2. patrick‏ @ptpower Mar 10
        Replying to @nytimes

        I recall being taught in Catholic elementary school that this was pretty much a disease carried by black people, no doubt as a way of discouraging mixed marriages.

        1 reply 0 retweets 4 likes
      3. Harrison Burt‏ @DasBurt7191 Mar 10
        Replying to @ptpower @nytimes

        Not a disease I believe, but it is a condition that is mostly dominant among Af Am

        1 reply 0 retweets 3 likes
      4. patrick‏ @ptpower Mar 10
        Replying to @DasBurt7191 @nytimes

        Right... misspoke... it remains, nonetheless as a memory from my elementary school days. I've not heard a great deal about it since.

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      1. William Brazelton‏ @wbrazelton Mar 11
        Replying to @nytimes

        Does anyone with a science degree read these tweets before they go out?

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      1. a great humanitarian, and lover of all animals‏ @markrazy Mar 10
        Replying to @nytimes

        "purpose" fundamentally misunderstands it

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      1. David Jakes‏ @djakes Mar 10
        Replying to @nytimes

        Fascinating read...

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      1. WokeChicken‏ @AwareChicken Mar 10
        Replying to @nytimes

        It had a purpose?

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      1. Manuel De La Cruz Jr‏ @m9delacruz Mar 11
        Replying to @DesertSteeve @nytimes

        Tribalism is very animalistic and would mean overriding millions of years of evolution.

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