Wednesday, January 19th, 2005
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Re: A common inversion under selection in Europeans
more neanderthal genes!
Yes europeans are different!
more info here:
http://www.nytimes.com/2005/01/17/s...680f0812a639acd
It promotes longevity and fertility!
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Dr. Stefansson said that another property of the inversion, though one not described in today's article, is that it is associated with longevity. DeCode scientists have located two sites on Icelanders' genomes where there is some genetic variant that promotes longer lifespan. The chromosome 17 inversion, it turns out, lies at one of these sites. It occurs at much higher frequency in women over 95 and in men over 90 than in the normal population. "It seems to confer on people the ability to live to extreme old age," Dr. Stefansson said.
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