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The prior part of the paragraph that you didn’t copy pasta was critical in understanding context here. The study didn’t look at blood types directly, but looke
by thephyber 6y ago
The prior part of the paragraph that you didn’t copy pasta was critical in understanding context here.
The study didn’t look at blood types directly, but looked at genes which express as those two blood types, finding that the genes correlate with supplemental oxygen need during severe symptoms.
- mschuster91 6y agoA blood type test is easier, faster and cheaper for a hospital to do than a genetic sequencing.
- DoofusOfDeath 6y agoIIUC, you're saying that the genetic markers in question correlate perfectly with blood type. If so, then why would it matter whether the comment framed the issue in terms of blood type vs. those genes?
- dnautics 6y agoBlood type phenotype correlates nearly exactly one to one with their synthesis gene genotype, so this semantic distinction is not very important.
- sudosysgen 6y agoSince those genes are 99.9% accurate predictors of blood type, I think that's a distinction without a difference.
- ralusek 6y agoCan you please elaborate on the caveat, I don't follow.