Didier Utukku
28 Aug 13 - 17:18
American logic: Dubai rhymes with Mumbai. Mumbai is in India. Therefore, Dubai must also be in India.
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nathanielandbartimaeus Marid
29 Aug 13 - 00:27
I am in Iowa. And it is fine to get confused with the geography but thinking Dubai is a town? That's sad.Nero wrote:^ What part of America were you in? =p
To be fair though, it's not just Americans who would likely be ignorant of India and her geography (among other things).
Also, those results are really interesting. Why do you think it is that specifically Indians have the genetic mutations and not other races?
I don't know why the Indian race has these genetic mutations. The paper will soon be published in Nature Genetics, I will check out then and let you know. 'Cause most probably they might suggest a hypothesis. It could be anything from diet to environmental stresses or it could just be idiopathic.
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Nero Higher Spirit
29 Aug 13 - 01:01
Well sometimes town and city are weirdly interchanged in their uses. I mean if she knew that there were skyscrapers...nathanielandbartimaeus wrote:I am in Iowa. And it is fine to get confused with the geography but thinking Dubai is a town? That's sad.Nero wrote:^ What part of America were you in? =p
To be fair though, it's not just Americans who would likely be ignorant of India and her geography (among other things).
Also, those results are really interesting. Why do you think it is that specifically Indians have the genetic mutations and not other races?
I don't know why the Indian race has these genetic mutations. The paper will soon be published in Nature Genetics, I will check out then and let you know. 'Cause most probably they might suggest a hypothesis. It could be anything from diet to environmental stresses or it could just be idiopathic.
Can't wait to hear about the paper. I'm especially interested in the epigenetics, so it should be good.