Question

How did you get to be you? In other words, what selfish genes made humans have some of their unique features. Be succinct.

Answer 1

Alleles increase their frequency in the population if they cause more copies of themselves to be relative to other alleles . Alleles are different form of the same gene . By increasing their frequency , they decrease the frequency of alternative alleles , termed as selfish

Selfish genes called meiotic drive elements are responsible for making sex chromosomes genetically incompatible at a faster rate . Selfish gene are parasite of the genome . If two populations are leaky and there is opportunity for gene flow , a selfish gene can leak over into the population and spread there . If the species interbreeds and this selfish gene is able to passed down instead of become incompatible , that part of genome will become perfectly exchangeable , In some cases a selfish gene will basically erase the build up of incompatibilities for a part of genome . Therefore a unique features are developed in humans . That's why you get to be you