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February 15, 2013

Cold resistance runs in genes
Moscow (Voice of Russia) Feb 15, 2013
British researchers have found a cold resistance gene in the DNA of indigenous Siberian tribes, which helps them survive in the harsh local environment. A team of geneticists from Cambridge University took DNA samples from about 200 natives of Siberia. Laboratory tests revealed the presence of a cold-responsive gene that enhances freezing tolerance. Remarkably, it controls metabolic processes, and not blood heat, as one may have thought it would. Vadim Stepanov, Deputy Director of the Medical Gene ... read more

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