Tag: Sohini Ramachandran


June 20, 2008

A Genetic Look at “Guns, Germs and Steel”

Caption: Gradients of genetic diversity are shown from dark to light colors running roughly northwest to southeast down the map of the Americas above, reflecting human migration.  Ramachandran thinks that the major axis of the continent is tilted; Diamond asserts that the axis runs north to south. Image from PLoS Genetics: Wang et al, 2007 (http://www.plosgenetics.org/article/info:doi/10.1371/journal.pgen.0030185).

What can we learn from studying how variations of human genes are spread out around the world? A lot, said population geneticist and Harvard junior fellow Sohini Ramachandran, who spoke at 23andMe this week. Ramachandran focused on how genes spread from one continent to another, and how they vary within [...]

Read more…

Return to top
Twitter Facebook Google+ Email Email to a friend