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Chingiz khan is to blame for Russian drunks? Update
The infamous Pravda article:
http://english.pravda.ru/main/18/90/...lcoholism.html
Latest update:
Quote:
Polymorphism of Alcohol Dehydrogenase Gene ADH1B
in Eastern Slavic and Iranian-Speaking Populations
S. A. Borinskaya1, F. Gasemianrodsari1, N. R. Kalyina1,
M. V. Sokolova1, 2, and N. K. Yankovsky1
1 Vavilov Institute of General Genetics, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 119991 Russia;
fax: (095)132-89-62; e-mail: borinskaya@vigg.ru
2 Moscow State University, Faculty of Biology, Department of Genetics, Moscow, 119899 Russia;
e-mail: adm@adm.bio.msu.ru
Received May 26, 2005
Abstract—Frequencies of alleles and genotypes for alcohol dehydrogenase gene ADH1B (arg47his polymorphism), associated with alcohol tolerance/sensitivity, were determined. It was demonstrated that the frequency of allele ADH1B*47his, corresponding to atypical alcohol dehydrogenase variant in Russians, Ukrainians, Iranians, and mountain-dwellers of the Pamirs constituted 3, 7, 24, and 22%, respectively. The frequencies established were consistent with the allele frequency distribution pattern among the populations of Eurasia. Russians and Ukrainians were indistinguishable from other European populations relative to the frequency of allele ADH1B*47his, and consequently, relative to specific features of ethanol metabolic pathways. The data obtained provide refinement of the geographic pattern of ADH1B*47his frequency distribution in Eurasia.
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 : I have to admit, though, that my eyes are peculiar. In my brother and sisters the "slant" is not so pronounced. And I have a skew nose. :-) Bodily hair is light brown to reddish brown, and sometimes blondish. I had golden blond hair as a young boy.
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