Monday 30 August 2010

Vitamins and human genetics

Vitamin D interacts with over 2,700 human genes, some of which have  been linked to multiple sclerosis,diabetes,leukaemia.
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Friday 20 August 2010

human genes linked to cereal and other farming

A prlp2 variant(helps to break down fats in plant fat) has been linked to cereal eating,occuring  in about 0.5 of cereal eating population,wheras lower in at about 0.2-3 in non-cereal eating population.

TRPV6 variants have been linked to lactose tolerance,aids in digestion of milk.

Populations descended from farmers in europe and the middle east tend to have slower acetylation versions of the NAT-2 genes(whereas hunter-gatherers usually have fast acetylation version of such genes.)
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genes linked to oxygen and lungs

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The epas1 has been linked to oxygen regulation,
Certain mutations occur in 90% of tibetans that hand them adapt to higher altitude.
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Thursday 12 August 2010

Oyster genetics

BGI in shenzhen says it has sequenced the oyster genome.
There were about 20,000 genes.Search Amazon.com for shenzhen

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