onlinecollegedegreee.blogspot.com A gene variant that increases the risk of type 2 diabetes in Latin Americans may have been inherited
onlinecollegedegreee.blogspot.com A gene variant that increases the risk of type 2 diabetes in Latin Americans may have been inherited
A gene variant that increases the risk of type 2 diabetes in Latin Americans may have been inherited from Neanderthals. People who carry the higher risk version of the gene, named SLC16A11, are 25% more likely to have diabetes than those who do not, and 50% more likely if both parents have it. Yet another thing we can blame on the Neanderthals.
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onlinecollegedegreee.blogspot.com A gene variant that increases the risk of type 2 diabetes in Latin Americans may have been inherited