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Genetic Variations In Modern Day Hungarians
The ancient Hungarians, also known as Magyars, most likely originated from the Ural region (modern day Central Russia) and migrated across the steppe, into Europe. The Hungarians tribal alliance conquered the Carpathian Basin about late 8th and early 9th Century AD and mingled with the indigenous communities. The Hungarians linguistically belong to the Finno-Ugric branch […]
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Genetic History of Africa
Haplogroup A in Africa Haplogroup A plays a significant role in the evolution of human beings. It is considered to be a foundational haplogroup of all known patrilineal lineages within the confines of modern human history whose place of origin is believed to be in Africa. In many ways, haplogroup A has been considered as […]
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E1b1a haplogroup and Sickle Cell disease
Some time back we had talked about how Gene Therapy, which is essentially a way of throwing out defective genes from one’s body and replacing them with normal ones, was instrumental in curing Sickle Cell Anemia. Sickle Cell Anemia is basically a disorder wherein the blood cell which should essentially be round like Oreos morph […]
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