Should woman select there male counterparts based on their D.N.A makeup?

In certain species female select their mates carefully and for good reason. It secures that the next generation will be much strong and less susceptible to disease. Now do you think if woman selected their male counterparts on the basis of being able to know there mates genetic makeup and knowing there D.N.A (watch the movie Gattaca) do you think our species would have evolved better and faster. Now because we are emotional in this case we would look at the D.N.A makeup first than meet the gentleman vice versa for men seeking out woman.Should woman select there male counterparts based on their D.N.A makeup?
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To some extent. People who are heterozygous for a genetic disease should not marry others people heterozygous for the same disease (e.g. people heterozygous for sickle cell anemia should try to marry normal people, and not others who are also heterozygous for sickle cell anemia).





Of course, that would mean that people with Huntington's syndrome should never have children at all. My population biology prof suggested exactly that, by the way, as a means of curing the disease in one generation.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norman_Horo鈥?/a>Should woman select there male counterparts based on their D.N.A makeup?
We already possess remarkably accurate methods of determining one's genetic health, it's called physical attraction and pheromones.


If we're going to do what you suggest why don't we just take the specific sperm and egg we want?
Physical attractiveness is the perception of the physical traits of an individual human person as aesthetically pleasing or beautiful, and can include various implications, such as sexual attractiveness and physique. What is considered physically attractive is dependent on universal perceptions common to all human cultures, and on cultural and social aspects, as well as individual subjective preferences.





Despite universally held perceptions of beauty in both genders, both heterosexual and homosexual men tend to place significantly higher value on physical appearance in a partner than women do. This can be explained by evolutionary psychology as a consequence of ancestral humans who selected partners based on secondary sexual characteristics, as well as general indicators of fitness (for example, symmetrical features) enjoying greater reproductive success as a result of higher fertility in those partners, although a male's ability to provide resources for offspring was probably signalled less by physical features. There appear to be universal standards regarding attractiveness, such that raters agree who is and isn't attractive both within and across cultures and ethnicity. Physical attractiveness can have a significant effect on how people are judged, in terms of employment or social opportunities, friendship, sexual behavior, and marriage. In many cases, humans attribute positive characteristics, such as intelligence and honesty, to attractive people without consciously realizing it. Physical attractiveness is distinct from sexual attraction; humans often regard children and young individuals鈥攂oth human and animal鈥攁s being highly attractive for various reasons, but without sexual attraction.