Post by kaian on Dec 3, 2008 17:17:04 GMT -6
...you are a Viking.
Seriously.
Studies have shown that a mutation in the CCR5-delta32 gene confers genetic resistance to both HIV and smallpox because both viruses attach themselves to the CCR5 receptor protein. Smallpox killed 30% of those affected (most of them children), meaning the survivors had a greater chance of passing down resistance to the virus to their children.
Europeans tend to have higher resistance to HIV than other ethnicities, including those of African and Asian descent. This is because the delta32 mutation first appeared about 700 years ago in Scandinavian populations (aka VIKINGS), who quickly spread the allele throughout the European population (aka BY RAPING EVERYONE THEY COULD GET THEIR PENISES IN).
Damn.
This might be one of the few times I've ever wished I was white. Or pillaged and plundered by large hairy hammer-wielding men with certain advantageous genetic endowments (no, not that kind!). Then I could tell my kids, "Congratulations! Your daddy was a Viking, so you have a higher chance of not dying of AIDS."
http://www. bioone. org/perlserv/?request=get-document&doi=10. 3378%2F1534-6617(2006)78[697%3AFOTCMI]2. 0. CO%3B2&ct=1
http://74. 125. 95. 132/search?q=cache:vXtWs1VPCnIJ:www. sbs. utexas. edu/genetics/Fall05/Handouts/Berkeley-11-20-03-Plague-Smallpox-HIV-resistance. pdf+vikings+hiv+smallpox+ccr5+gene&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=6&gl=us&client=firefox-a
Seriously.
Studies have shown that a mutation in the CCR5-delta32 gene confers genetic resistance to both HIV and smallpox because both viruses attach themselves to the CCR5 receptor protein. Smallpox killed 30% of those affected (most of them children), meaning the survivors had a greater chance of passing down resistance to the virus to their children.
Europeans tend to have higher resistance to HIV than other ethnicities, including those of African and Asian descent. This is because the delta32 mutation first appeared about 700 years ago in Scandinavian populations (aka VIKINGS), who quickly spread the allele throughout the European population (aka BY RAPING EVERYONE THEY COULD GET THEIR PENISES IN).
Damn.
This might be one of the few times I've ever wished I was white. Or pillaged and plundered by large hairy hammer-wielding men with certain advantageous genetic endowments (no, not that kind!). Then I could tell my kids, "Congratulations! Your daddy was a Viking, so you have a higher chance of not dying of AIDS."
http://www. bioone. org/perlserv/?request=get-document&doi=10. 3378%2F1534-6617(2006)78[697%3AFOTCMI]2. 0. CO%3B2&ct=1
http://74. 125. 95. 132/search?q=cache:vXtWs1VPCnIJ:www. sbs. utexas. edu/genetics/Fall05/Handouts/Berkeley-11-20-03-Plague-Smallpox-HIV-resistance. pdf+vikings+hiv+smallpox+ccr5+gene&hl=en&ct=clnk&cd=6&gl=us&client=firefox-a
