tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812431336777691886.post8067573282057441874..comments2024-02-29T03:57:00.088-05:00Comments on The Mermaid's Tale: The "New World Syndrome" genetic basis: has it been found?Anne Buchananhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09212151396672651221noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812431336777691886.post-9369422436323812432014-01-08T20:41:14.266-05:002014-01-08T20:41:14.266-05:00Yes, I wrote that in a follow-up comment that the ...Yes, I wrote that in a follow-up comment that the blogger ate up :(Manoj Samantahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04264467983614167240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812431336777691886.post-8016723219205407852014-01-08T13:14:12.537-05:002014-01-08T13:14:12.537-05:00The Denisovan connection is mostly a gee-whiz fact...The Denisovan connection is mostly a gee-whiz factor here, I think. If a particular variant of SLC16A11 is at high frequency in Mexican Americans it doesn't matter where it came from, if it in fact is associated with this pandemic. Anne Buchananhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09212151396672651221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812431336777691886.post-21917561610298571132014-01-08T12:38:00.831-05:002014-01-08T12:38:00.831-05:00I don't know what Dan's issues are, but I ...I don't know what Dan's issues are, but I take his views seriously. In this case, the inference is entirely testable, in many direct and indirect ways. It could quickly be shown to be entirely false or, more likely, far from definitive.<br /><br />But this is a major health problem, a pandemic one, so it's worth checking, I think. I've written to one of the people in the study to see if there might be interest in that.Ken Weisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02049713123559138421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1812431336777691886.post-19047087223779954422014-01-08T12:18:53.198-05:002014-01-08T12:18:53.198-05:00"One east-Eurasian (Denisovan) specimen is ho..."One east-Eurasian (Denisovan) specimen is homozygous for the candidate variant in SLC16A11"<br /><br />Nature and other journals seem to be on a roll on Denisovans, but I guess you know how much material has been found on them so far - one finger bone and two teeth. Dan Graur is cautious about many of the findings related to 'ancient DNA'.<br /><br />Manoj Samantahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04264467983614167240noreply@blogger.com