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While it could be entirely true there are a lot of problems here. Small sample size and lots of confounding factors for one. Also there are still things to figu
by jghn 11y ago
While it could be entirely true there are a lot of problems here. Small sample size and lots of confounding factors for one. Also there are still things to figure out in terms of how best to study epigenetic effects, as seen here: http://ije.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2012/01/22/ije.dyr225.full http://ije.oxfordjournals.org/content/early/2012/01/22/ije.d...
- emehrkay 11y agoSeems like it would be easier to measure the genetic trauma suffered by the decedents of the American Slave Trade
- maratd 11y agoYou would be quite a few generations away from the originating event. Here, they're studying the very next generation. Obviously the effect wears out over time or we would all have these markers ... somewhere at some point, all of our ancestors had a rough time.