Schizophrenia: Recent selection for protective alleles
Updated: 2023-11-26 20:49:46
New data and analyses suggests new explanations for the persistence of alleles that increase the risk of schizophrenia. A 2019 article by Liu, et al. suggested that rapid selection for cognitive and emotional traits during human evolution may have increased the risk of schizophrenia. The hypothesis gained support from their data showing that ancestral alleles […]