Indians Boast: Chiese, Japanese Come/Evolve From Us

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Go read their newspapers.

News reports:
(1) in Chinese language:
基因图谱揭示中国人起源. BBC Chinese, Dec. 12, 2009.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/zhongwen/simp/world/2009/12/091212_asia_genetic_map.shtml

(2) In English:
(a) A shorter report first, to give you an idea of the scientific finding.

Asia populated by immigration from Southeast Asia: study. AFP, Dec. 11, 2009.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20091212/sc_afp/sciencegenomeasiamigration_20091212043422

(b) Genetic 'map' of Asia's diversity. BBC (English), Dec. 11, 2009.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/8406506.stm


-------------------Separately
(1) A mutation on an automosal gene called Foxl2 can change sex. (What is
astonishing is taht this gene is not on sex chromosomes: X or Y, that is.)

Uhlenhaut et al, Somatic Sex Reprogramming of Adult Ovaries to Testes by
FOXL2 Ablation. Cell, (vol) 139: (pages) 1130-1142 (2009)
http://www.cell.com/abstract/S0092-8674(09)01433-0

(2) Asian Mutation Protects Against Malaria. Science (magazine), Dec. 11,
2009.
http://sciencenow.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2009/1211/1
(Many Africans has sickle cell anemia to protect them partially from malaria
, specifically caused by Plasmodium falciparum. The current study shows that
a G6PD mutation offers people in Southeast Asia some protection against
Plasmodium vivax, a monor pathogen of malaria.)

Note: Glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6PD)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glucose-6-phosphate_dehydrogenase
(A well known enzyme because certain Taiwanese cannot eat, say, fava beans
蠶豆 (蚕豆 in China) which cause non-immune haemolytic anaemia.  

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