What is degeneration?
Degeneration is when genes, which are important for the organism, become damaged or even get terminated. This damage infers the loss of the right information in the DNA or the loss of production of proteins that the gene codes for. It is not damage to the DNA itself or to the gene, but to the information that is in it. This is the result of copy-mistakes that are not corrected at the time of cell multiplying, also called mutations. De degeneration-theory acknowledges neutral, tolerant and essential genes. • Essential genes are genes that are s essential for producing life and reproduction that they can never be deactivated within an organism. An example of this is haemoglobin, which is responsible for transporting oxygen in the blood. Without it, there is no life (for mammals). • Tolerant genes are genes that cn be definitely (read homogeneous) deactivated, but they give the organism a (serious) disadvantage or handicap. Many hereditary diseases are examples of that kind of genes. • At
