a. Which gene do 25% of Asians have as a Neanderthal variant? What does this gene...
a. Which gene do 25% of Asians have as a Neanderthal variant? What does this gene do?
b. Which modern disease do individuals with the Neanderthal variant have a predisposition toward? When would it be advantageous to have the Neanderthal variant?
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a. MC1R gene linked with red hair.
b.There is risk of several disease like Lupus, biliary cirrhosis, crohn's disease ,type 2 diabetes...
Advantages. Helps to adapt to extreme variants.
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a. Which gene do 25% of Asians have as a Neanderthal variant?
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