Harvard Superstar researcher Pardis Sabeti (who appears to be giving
Joe Ledoux some competition in the rocker/researcher area; Google
her name) has some of her research written up in the popular media.
See:
http://www.latimes.com/news/science/la-sci-human-evolution-genes-20130215,0,7710369.story
The article focuses on her research that minor changes in the genome,
specifically EDAR, may have produced changes that may have had a
profound change in how humans interact and how they could adapt
to a hot environment. Quoting from the LA Times article:
|The small change, substituting one chemical letter of DNA for
|another, may have helped humans in Asia survive crippling heat
|and humidity by endowing them with extra sweat glands, the
|scientists reported Thursday in the journal Cell. It may also
|have made people with the mutation more attractive to the
|opposite sex by allowing them to grow thicker hair or fuller
|breasts.
If the above true, then Kate Upton has a lot to be grateful about
for EDAR. ;-)
-Mike Palij
New York University
[email protected]
P.S. If you are unfamiliar with Kate Upton, check out last and this
year's Sports Illustrated swim suit issue. ;-)
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