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This is another blood mutation that spread across Europe because it can protect from malaria: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beta_thalassemia https://en.wikipedi
by maury91 9y ago
This is another blood mutation that spread across Europe because it can protect from malaria:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beta_thalassemia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beta_thalassemia
It's another example of odd evolution, people with Thalassemia minor were able to survive malaria, and because they were able to remain alive, they spread their genes, increasing the pool of people with Thalassemia
- maury91 9y agoThis blood mutation is so common in Sardinia, that 20% of the population is a carrier https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1013759/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1013759/
- tathougies 9y agoThe thalassemias are also common in south and southeast asia and the middle east (I guess it must have been an Indo-European trait?). It's like 20-40% of people.