[tied] Re: 'Dog' revisited

--- In cybalist@yahoogroups.com, Miguel Carrasquer <mcv@...> wrote:

> On Fri, 12 Dec 2003 16:20:36 +0000, Exu Yangi <exuyangi@...> wrote:
>
> >>From: Miguel Carrasquer <mcv@...>
> >>
> >>On Fri, 12 Dec 2003 13:05:23 +0000, tgpedersen <tgpedersen@...>
> >>wrote:
> >>
> >> >Oppenheimer: 'In spite of this
> >> >sleight of chromosome, there are sufficient instances of the

same

> >> >mutation on the same framework, linked across the Indian Ocean,

to

> >> >make a case for substantial ancient Southeast Asian intrusions

into

> >> >Assam, west Bengal, Andhra Pradesh and on to the Arabian Gulf

and the

> >> >Mediterranean.'
> >>
> >>Mosquito migrations?
> >
> >Only if they had half human children. While a half human/half

mosquito cross

> >breed is an interesting idea, I suspect it would more be at home

on a

> >cloning list. :-)
>
> What I meant is that the thalassaemia gene(s) follow the malaria
> mosquitoes. No human migration is required. Having sex with your
> neighbours will suffice.
>

The two mutations occur on several hundred sites. The above quote is
what he builds his argument on.

Torsten