@MarkusSurvrey @YureiKurosawa @WinnowingWind @bethylamine @Asssddggdss Bad and good are philosofical concepts. Nothing like that exists in nature. For example, thalassemia's mutations (and even other different mutations) provide resistance to malaria h…
@malintanjidin @jpclotaine Menurut saya, tulisan ini garing sekali. Bahasa yang digunakan kaku, kosakata yang digunakan minim dan cenderung punya pola yang aama. Meski demikian, thesis statement-nya menarik https://t.co/1o09GYLLZS
@graham74GC Nice post! After reading your tweet I'm curious on why SEA has higher rate of thalassemia. Found this interesting paper on how malaria in SE Asia acts as environmental pressure favoring thalassemia. https://t.co/1o09GYtCLK
@3032Tomcat Environmental and other factors also contributed. Overall, I think allowing infectious disease to run amok may weaken us genetically. Here's an example of how such illnesses lead to positive selection of troublesome genes - thalassemia, whic…