Powerful HEIGHT gene found in Peru

[Incal]

Researchers just found a powerful gene variant for height. Common in Peru, it is not found in European populations.



The team identified a previously unknown, population-specific variant of the FBN1 gene (E1297G). The variant, found exclusively in individuals of Native American ancestry, showed a striking association with lower height.


link: https://hms.harvard.edu/news/striking-link

[Synapsid]

link: https://hms.harvard.edu/news/striking-link

I read it before. Its correlated with Altitude adaptation/

[Harkonnen]

Mutants with super powers are real, folks

[Daos777]

Joso is jerking his little pp reading this.


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[Roy]

So now we know that is not the result of a diet thing.

[Luso]

5 ft 2.63 inches is the avg height. Damn that is tall!

[Incal]

So now we know that is not the result of a diet thing.

I thought that myself but it seems it's not significant.

[Synapsid]

I thought that myself but it seems it's not significant.

Its linked with Altitude control. They also have heamoglobins with stronger binding potential for O2 that regular folks around the world. Among the Quechua people of the Altiplano, there is a significant variation in NOS3 (the gene encoding endothelial nitric oxide synthase, eNOS), which is associated with higher levels of nitric oxide in high altitude. Nuñoa children of Quechua ancestry exhibit higher blood-oxygen content (91.3) and lower heart rate (84.8) than their counterpart school children of different ethnicity, who have an average of 89.9 blood-oxygen and 88–91 heart rate. High-altitude born and bred females of Quechua origins have comparatively enlarged lung volume for increased respiration.

[Harald Meller]

If you are tall in the Andes you will probably die young.

They need genetic adaptation to their environment.

[Synapsid]

I thought that myself but it seems it's not significant.

I wonder if Native Andean will cope with COVID-19 better than regular white/black folks?

[Incal]

I wonder if Native Andean will cope with COVID-19 better than regular white/black folks?

So far we are doing really bad but it's mostly attitude over genes so far.

[J. Ketch]

So now we know that is not the result of a diet thing.
Given the rapid changes in European height over the centuries, it obviously does have something to do with diet.

[Synapsid]

So far we are doing really bad but it's mostly attitude over genes so far.

What do you mean? Isolation?

[Incal]

What do you mean? Isolation?

lol get outta here man

[Synapsid]

lol get outta here man

? What you meant is that the isolation of Andes reduced covid incidences?

[PaleoEuropean]

Misread what you wrote

[PaleoEuropean]

" A gene variant partly explains why Peruvians are among the world’s shortest people " - 3 days ago


https://www.sciencenews.org/article/gene-variant-height-peruvians-short

[Benyzero]

Joso is jerking his little pp reading this.


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He has the gene variant but effects his penis. lol

[Harald Meller]

"a gene variant found in almost 5 percent of Peruvians reduces height by 2.2 centimeters"

So 1 out of 20 Peruvians is 178cm instead of 180cm?

And this made such breaking news? LOL.