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January 3, 2012 02:55 pm PST
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Did genetic adaptation help early African-Americans survive harsh conditions of slavery?
Did natural selection help African-Americans adapt to the harsh conditions of their new lives as slaves in the Americas? A team of researchers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences in Shanghai report in the journal Genome Research that "certain disease-causing variant genes became more common in African-Americans after their ancestors reached American shores perhaps [...]Original Link: http://feeds.boingboing.net/~r/boingboing/iBag/~3/V_RTwhMmr9A/did-genetic-adaptation-help-ea.html
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