A gene variant that helps protect people from HIV infection likely originated in people who lived during the span of time between the Stone Age and the Viking Age, a new study of thousands of genomes… [+3977 chars]
Viking DNA helps reveal when HIV-fighting gene mutation emerged: 9,000 years ago near the Black Sea - Live Science
A study of more than 3,000 genomes has traced a gene mutation that confers HIV resistance to a person who lived near the Black Sea around 7000 B.C.
By:Kristina Killgrove
Source:Live Science
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