how a powerful obesity gene helped samoans conquer the south pacific /

Published at 2016-07-25 22:16:00

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By studying the genomes of more than 5000 Samoans,researchers from the University of Pittsburgh gain uncovered a single gene that boosts a person’s obesity risk by upwards of 40 percent. Remarkably, this gene—which appears in a quarter of all Samoans—may gain arisen in the population as they colonized the South Pacific. Read more...

Source: gawker.com

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