Why do some people get better genes than other people?

Answer 1

It follows from your aunt sister.

Answer 2

I think the question that needs asking *along with* this one is "Better for What?"

Seriously, genetic material, your RNA and DNA, will do just about *anything* if, that is IF it gets you to reproduce and pass it down. Meaning....the keyword here is "better", as in better *for* a specific environment or niche.

And that's what makes things *weird* with regard to us humans. We *change* our enviornments and niches rather quickly, sometimes 2-3 times in *one* generation, thanks to our smarts and our tools. But in general....

--We wonder why we have a tendency to get obese, and don't realize it's in the DNA too, that not even two, three *hundred* years ago, famine was common enough everywhere that people really *had it* in their best interests to get fat *quickly* so they could survive later on.

--We wonder why life is so complicated....and don't realize that the past *two* major mutations we've had regarding *brain size* have occurred not millions of years ago, but more like 14,000 and 5,000 years ago *at their earliest*. The system used to figure this out, however, has a fairly *big* margin of error...the *older* of those two mutations could have occurred as recently as 8,000 years ago, and the more recent of the two could have happened as recently as *500* years ago.

--Most of the other changes that have happened to us, since civilization started, have been either dietary (getting lactose tolerance, mannose tolerance, and so on....yes, being able to *drink milk* past infancy is a mutant power) or reproductive.

The reproductive one is important because it's *stalled*. Women *were* evolving the capacity to have a split pelvic floor to give birth more easily to people with bigger and bigger heads, but....then the ancient Romans created a medical procedure called a *Cesaerian section* that basically allowed women with smaller, less flexible pelvic floors to carry on (if in a sacrifical manner since surgery back then killed folks--from infection).

Still, you get the point though.

Evolution takes time, yes, even in a freaky, polluted environment like the one we have now. And for the most part, human beings are 99.9% identical. Only one in *one thousand* genes are going to be *different*, never mind "better", and better really means, "good enough to survive this particular environment and *breed already*".

So why do people get "better genes"? Because the ones they, their parents, and their grand-parents got, were more fit for a *particular* niche. Maybe some folks are better at farming than at hunting...if this were genetic, then the predisposition for a "hunter's" personality would be different, *way* different, from that of a "farmer's". The temperaments would be different.

And yes, some UK researchers are taking this idea *seriously*, in terms of explaining where Attention Deficit Disorders come from. The hypothesis is that most of human civilization is based on "farmer society concepts" like steady, constant work (every day, day in day out), and working or learning in a hierarchy (from teachers or bosses versus peers). And that in modern society, people with a "hunter" mentality are a punished minority because their skills and basic temperament are *maladaptive* for a "farmer's society".

In other words, it could be that ADD and ADHD both are best described as leftovers from a day and age when it was still in doubt as to which mode of civilization--hunting or farming--would win out.

And it goes further...some folks are better suited for some climates than others, some folks are better suited for solitary living (non-urban living) than others, and on and on.

All this "good genes" or "good breeding" thing is telling you is that a family found a niche they were *fit for* and that the niche itself *stayed put* with the passage of time. That second one, I'd submit, is more important, since it means that you have a steady environment to *adapt to*, and that outside pressures (society, culture, health issues) end up being a positive reinforcement to the good DNA instead of being neutral or hostile towards it.

In short, you're not seeing "good genes" really. What you're seeing is a "good moiety" or a good mix of well-adapted genes, health, culture and society.

I hope this helps....thanks for your time! ^_^

Answer 3

Because their ancestors mated with a stronger,more fit person.

Answer 4

it's the genetic lottery, some are luckier than others

Answer 5

Some people are cheap ad buy jeans from a dollar store...and some buy jeans at prada...or wherever you buy expensive jeans

Answer 6

Chance or fate.

Answer 7

because of human nature.

Answer 8

we can't question what god created can we? everyone should be grateful : )

Answer 9

some cant afford it