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To: combjelly who wrote (445257)1/6/2009 11:26:26 AM
From: Taro  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1572026
 
Here we don't talk diseases but genetic anomalities, which bring advantages to the bearer and double advantages if both parents carry these gene 'defects'.´Just discovered that the Swedes top the lists with 13%+ being de facto immune against AIDS.
Hmm...a reason for 2nd thoughts about orientation?

Taro

There is apparently a human gene mutation,
"Mutation CCR-5-delta-32",
which makes its holders nearly immune to AIDS,
since this gene has no receptor for AIDS-similar viruses.

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To: combjelly who wrote (445257)1/6/2009 11:55:15 AM
From: tejek  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1572026
 
The genetic diseases of the Ashkenazi are exactly what you would expect of a population put under severe evolutionary pressures.

What do you mean by "severe evol. pressures"? You mean they were isolated from the rest of the population?


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