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People of European descent evolved resistance to TB over 10,000 years

4 March 2021

Analysis of ancient DNA shows that a genetic variant that increases susceptibility to tuberculosis has drastically decreased in Europe since the Bronze Age

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People of European descent evolved resistance to TB over 10,000 years

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