Neanderthals gave us diseased genes

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Gene types that influence disease in people today were picked up through interbreeding with Neanderthals, a major study in Nature journal suggests.

They passed on variants involved in type 2 diabetes, Crohn's disease and - curiously - smoking addiction.

But other gene variants influenced human illnesses, such as type 2 diabetes, long-term depression, lupus, billiary cirrhosis - an autoimmune disease of the liver - and Crohn's disease. In the case of Crohn's, Neanderthals passed on different markers that increase and decrease the risk of disease.

Between 2% and 4% of the genetic blueprint of present-day non-Africans came from Neanderthals.

You can read the rest at the link Neanderthals gave us disease genes - BBC News

@ having these struggle genetics

Diabetes
Depression
Chron's Disease
Lupus
Smoking addiction

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